Where does “primitivity” come from?
primitivity (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.
primitivity (English): The state of being primitive; primitiveness
Definitions
- The state of being primitive; primitiveness
Ancestry of “primitivity”, step by step
primitivity 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 |