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primordium
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin prīmordium.
Noun
primordium (plural primordia)
- (anatomy) An aggregation of cells that is the first stage in the development of an organ.
- 2017, Taylor A. Steeves, Vipen K. Sawhney, Essentials of Developmental Plant Anatomy, Oxford University Press, page 29:
- In tomato, for example, the first sepal primordium is formed as an outgrowth at the periphery of the apex and the subsequent sepal primordia are initiated in a helical fashion at an angle of approximately 137° from the previous one.
- (history, theology) A primordial, original condition or event.
- 1997 [1991], Alexandre Grandazzi, translated by Jane Marie Todd, The Foundation of Rome: Myth and History, →ISBN, page 33:
- It is thus vain to hope that the history of the primordia can be reduced to the progress of archeological investigation.
- 2003, David Chidester, Salvation and Suicide: Jim Jones, the Peoples Temple, and Jonestown, 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 106:
- Attempts have been made by historians of religion to distinguish between mythic orientations in time concerned with the repetition of a primordium and those concerned with the anticipation of an eschaton.
- 2008, Richard L. Bushman, Mormonism: A Very Short Introduction, →ISBN, page 5:
- [Joseph Smith] did not think of himself as going back to a primordium of true Christianity, as the Puritans did. In his view, there never was a golden age when religion flourished to perfection.
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Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [priːˈmoːr.di.ũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [priˈmɔr.d̪i.um]
Noun
prīmōrdium n (genitive prīmōrdiī or prīmōrdī); second declension
- beginning, origin
- Synonyms: initium, prīncipium, exōrdium, orīgō, limen, rudīmentum
- Antonym: fīnis
- commencement
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
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