primitivo

Portuguese

adj
Definitions
  • primitive pertaining to or harking back to a former time
  • primitive characterised by simplicity or crudeness

Etymology

Derived from Latin prīmitīvus (first earliest of its kind).

Origin

Latin

prīmitīvus

Gloss

first earliest of its kind

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