The story
- Latin · derived fromprimus“first”
- Late Latin · derived fromprimogenitura
- English todayprimogeniture
From French, from Late Latin primogenitura, from Latin primus (“first”) + genitura (“birth”) (from genitus, past participle of gignere).
Words from the same roots
Latinprimus all →
primeprimalprimusprimulaprimigenialprimigravida
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.