primigenial

English

Alternative forms

• primogenial

Etymology

From Latin primus (“first”) and genio (from generare (“to create”)), +‎ -al.

Adjective

primigenial (not comparable)

1. First of all; firstborn; primary; original.
   • 1983, Umberto Eco, translated by William Weaver, The Name of the Rose:

     What difference is there, then, between God and primigenial chaos?