Etymology

urgrund

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Today it means: basis, foundation, primary principle, cause, or factor; a primal cause or ultimate cosmic principle Full definition →

German Urgrund
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  1. German · borrowed fromUrgrund“the very basis”
  2. English todayurgrund

From German Urgrund (“the very basis”, literally “original ground”), equivalent to ur- + ground.

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