primitive

The story

1. Latin · derived fromprīmitīvus“first or earliest of its kind”
2. Old French · derived fromprimitif
3. Middle English · inherited fromprimitif
4. English todayprimitive

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