English
primo
Primo comes from Italian primo ‘first’, and goes back to Proto-Italic *priisemos.
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*priisemosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEprīmus
- Italianc. 1300–presentprimo‘first’
- Englishearliest quotation 2010same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*priisemosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEprīmus
- Italianc. 1300–presentprimo‘first’
- Englishearliest quotation 2010same form
Earliest quotation: 2010, Marie Kanger-Born, Confessions of a Chicago Punk Bystander: “We strung Christmas lights around the ceiling to frame…”
Linked words
through Latin prīmus
premier, primary, prime, primitive, primal, primate, primacy, primus, 11 more
Today it means
noun The principal part of a duet.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Italic *priisemos / primo