English

imprimitive

From im- + primitive.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Germanic *in ‘into’

English in-

Proto-Italic *prīzmos ‘foremost, first’

Latin prīmus ‘first’

Latin prīmitīvus ‘first or earliest of its kind’

Old French primitif

Middle English primitif

Today it means

adj not primitive

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / imprimitive