primitive

Meanings

Noun

• An original or primary word; a word not derived from another, as opposed to derivative.
• A member of a primitive society.
• A simple-minded person.
• A data type that is built into the programming language, as opposed to more complex structures.
• Any of the simplest elements (instructions, statements, etc.) available in a programming language.
• A basic geometric shape from which more complex shapes can be constructed.
• A function whose derivative is a given function; an antiderivative.

Adjective

• Of or pertaining to the beginning or origin, or to early times; original; primordial; primeval; first.
• Of or pertaining to or harking back to a former time; old-fashioned; characterized by simplicity.
• Crude, obsolete.
• Original; primary; radical; not derived.
• Occurring in or characteristic of an early stage of development or evolution.
• Not derived from another of the same type
• most recent common ancestor (often hypothetical) of

Related

Similar words

• word: primitive word, radical, radical word

Origin

• From Middle English primitif, from Old French primitif, from Latin prīmitīvus ("first or earliest of its kind"), from prīmus; see prime. primitivo.