# primordial

> English word · Adjective · IPA /pɹaɪˈmɔː.di.əl/ · frequency rank #26,559

## Definitions
1. First, earliest or original.
2. Characteristic of the earliest stage of the development of an organism, or relating to a primordium.
3. Primeval.
4. Of an element or isotope: occurring primordially (on Earth) (i.e. inherited from when the Earth was formed); because it is stable, or radioactive but so long-lived that some is left over from when the Earth was formed. For example, primordial radioisotopes (T = half-life in years) include uranium-235 (T = 7×10⁸), potassium-40 (T = 1.25×10⁹), uranium-238 (T = 4.5×10⁹), and thorium-232 (T = 1.4×10¹⁰).

## Etymology
From the Latin prīmōrdiālis (“of the beginning”). Compare primordium and -al.

## Common misspellings (15)
`pirmordial`, `pprimordial`, `primmordial`, `primodrial`, `primordail`, `primorddial`, `primordiall`, `primordila`, `primoridal`, `primorrdial`, `primrodial`, `priomrdial`, `prmiordial`, `prrimordial`, `rpimordial`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/primordial