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Where does “semiprimitive” come from?

semiprimitive (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.

semiprimitive (English): Describing a generalization of a semisimple ring

Definitions

  1. Describing a generalization of a semisimple ring

Ancestry of “semiprimitive”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishprimitiveAn original or primary word; a word not derived...
2Old Frenchprimitif—
3Latinprīmitīvus—
4Latinprimitusoriginally, at first, from the first, from/at...
5Latinprīmus—
6Latinprīsmos—
7Proto-Italicpriisemosforemost, first
8Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
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