primigenial

English

Etymology

From latin adjective "primus" (first) and "genio" (from "generare", to create) + suffix -al

Adjective

primigenial (not comparable)

  1. First of all, first born, primary, original.
    What difference is there, then, between God and primigenial chaos? — Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose.
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