Where does “neoprimitive” come from?
neoprimitive (English) comes from English primitive, from Old French primitif, from Latin prīmitīvus, from Latin primitus, from Latin prīmus, from Latin prīsmos, from Proto-Italic priisemos, from Proto-Indo-European per- — passed , crossed.
neoprimitive (English): Related to the neoprimitivism movement
Definitions
- Related to the neoprimitivism movement
Ancestry of “neoprimitive”, step by step
neoprimitive traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English primitive
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | primitive | An original or primary word; a word not derived... |
| 2 | Old French | primitif | — |
| 3 | Latin | prīmitīvus | primitive (first of its kind), original |
| 4 | Latin | primitus | originally, at first, from the first, from/at... |
| 5 | Latin | prīmus | — |
| 6 | Latin | prīsmos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | priisemos | foremost, first |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via English Neo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Neo | An optimized German keyboard layout supporting nearly all Latin-based alphabets |
| 2 | English | neo- | new; contemporary; Having a structure, similar to... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | νέος | young; youthful; new, fresh |
| 4 | Latin | fēlēs | cat |
| 5 | Hungarian | fél | to fear, to be afraid of something; to fear... |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | pide | tall |
| 7 | Finnish | pitää | to hold, grasp, grip; to keep, take; to like, be... |
| 8 | Proto-Finnic | pitädäk | to hold, to grasp; to keep |
| 9 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | pitä- | — |