Where does “semiprimitivity” come from?
semiprimitivity (English) comes from English primitivity, from English primitive, from Old French primitif, from Latin prīmitīvus, from Latin primitus, from Latin prīmus, from Latin prīsmos, from Proto-Italic priisemos — passed , crossed.
semiprimitivity (English): The condition of being semiprimitive
Definitions
- The condition of being semiprimitive
Ancestry of “semiprimitivity”, step by step
semiprimitivity traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English primitivity
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | primitivity | The state of being primitive; primitiveness |
| 2 | English | primitive | An original or primary word; a word not derived... |
| 3 | Old French | primitif | — |
| 4 | Latin | prīmitīvus | primitive (first of its kind), original |
| 5 | Latin | primitus | originally, at first, from the first, from/at... |
| 6 | Latin | prīmus | — |
| 7 | Latin | prīsmos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | priisemos | foremost, first |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |