Where does “primitiv” come from?
primitiv (French) comes from Latin prīmitīvus, from Latin primitus, from Latin prīmus, from Latin prīsmos, from Proto-Italic priisemos, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.
Ancestry of “primitiv”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | prīmitīvus | primitive (first of its kind), original |
| 2 | Latin | primitus | originally, at first, from the first, from/at... |
| 3 | Latin | prīmus | — |
| 4 | Latin | prīsmos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | priisemos | foremost, first |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |