Etymograph

English

primatical

From primate + -ical.

Formed from primate + -ical

Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- ‘before, in front’

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Proto-Italic *prīzmos ‘foremost, first’

Latin prīmus

Latin prīmās ‘one of the first, chief, excellent, noble’

French primate ‘primate (mammal)’

English primate

Today it means

adj Of or pertaining to a primate (the church thing, not the monkeys).

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

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