primigenial

English

Alternative forms

primogenial

Etymology

From Latin primus (“first”) and genio (from generare (“to create”)), +‎ -al.

Adjective

primigenial (not comparable)

First of all; firstborn; primary; original.
- 1983, William Weaver (translating Umberto Eco), The Name of the Rose
  What difference is there, then, between God and primigenial chaos?

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