primum mobile

Meaning

Noun

Origin

  • From Middle English primum mobile, borrowed from Late Latin primum mobile, from Latin prīmum (adverbial accusative of prīmus) + mōbile (from mōbilis). The Latin term is a . The English term is cognate with Ancient Greek τὸ πρῶτον κινῆσαν (and compare πρώτη κίνησις).

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