† primevityn.

Forms: 1600s primaeuity, 1700s primaevity.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin prīmaevus , -ity suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin prīmaevus young, youthful, in post-classical Latin also primitive, primordial, original, oldest (see primeve adj.) + -ity suffix. Compare post-classical Latin primaevitas youth (5th cent.). Compare primeve adj.

Obsolete.

The quality of being primeval; primitiveness.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [noun] > primitiveness or primevalness

primevity1610

primeness1611

primevalness1727

primitivity1759

primeval1826

primitiveness1856

primalism1872

primordialism1879

primevalism1893

1610 E. Bolton Elements of Armories sig. B4 Had Armes..any first certaine author, it were a plaine demonstration against their primaeuity.

1728 S. Shuckford Hist. World I. ii. 120 But there are learned Writers, who offer another Argument for the Primævity of the Hebrew Tongue.

1772 L. D. Nelme Ess. Lang. & Lett. Pref. 9 Without considering that simplicity as a proof of its primævity.

1786 G. H. Glass in Archaeologia (1787) 8 84 Argument in favour of the primævity of the Hebrew language.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	primevity
释义	† primevityn. Forms: 1600s primaeuity, 1700s primaevity. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin prīmaevus , -ity suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin prīmaevus young, youthful, in post-classical Latin also primitive, primordial, original, oldest (see primeve adj.) + -ity suffix. Compare post-classical Latin primaevitas youth (5th cent.). Compare primeve adj. Obsolete. The quality of being primeval; primitiveness. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [noun] > primitiveness or primevalness primevity1610 primeness1611 primevalness1727 primitivity1759 primeval1826 primitiveness1856 primalism1872 primordialism1879 primevalism1893 1610 E. Bolton Elements of Armories sig. B4 Had Armes..any first certaine author, it were a plaine demonstration against their primaeuity. 1728 S. Shuckford Hist. World I. ii. 120 But there are learned Writers, who offer another Argument for the Primævity of the Hebrew Tongue. 1772 L. D. Nelme Ess. Lang. & Lett. Pref. 9 Without considering that simplicity as a proof of its primævity. 1786 G. H. Glass in Archaeologia (1787) 8 84 Argument in favour of the primævity of the Hebrew language. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1610
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