pri·mor·di·al 
(prī-môrdē-əl)
(prī-môrdē-əl)adj.
1. Being or happening first in sequence of time; original.
2. Primary or fundamental: play a primordial role.
3. Biology Belonging to or characteristic of the earliest stage of development of an organism or a part: primordial cells.
n.
A basic principle.
[Middle English, from Late Latin prīmōrdiālis, from Latin prīmōrdium, origin : prīmus, first; see per1 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots + ōrdīrī, to begin to weave; see ar- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
pri·mordi·al·ly adv.
- Indo-European root: wl̥p-ē-
- Indo-European root: wrād-
- Indo-European root: wē-
- Indo-European root: wē-r-
- Indo-European root: wērə-o-
- Indo-European root: wīkm̥tī-
- Indo-European root: wī-ro-
- Indo-European root: wō̆s
- Indo-European root: yeg-
- Indo-European root: yek-
- Indo-European root: yes-
- Indo-European root: yeu-
- Indo-European root: yeug-
- Indo-European root: yewes-
- Indo-European root: yewo-
- Indo-European root: yu-
- Indo-European root: yē-
- Indo-European root: yēr-
- Indo-European root: yē̆kwr̥
- Indo-European root: āter-
- Indo-European root: ōku-
- Indo-European root: ōs-
- Indo-Germanic
- Indo-Hittite
- Indo-Iranian