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id="div-gpt-ad-pc-wd-top" style="min-width:728px;min-height:90px"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa"><div><div class="" style="position:relative"><h1 title="Origin and meaning of primate" class="word__name--TTbAA">primate<!-- --> <!-- -->(n.)</h1><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH"><p>"high bishop, preeminent ecclesiastical official of a province," having a certain jurisdiction, as vicar of the pope, over other bishops in his province, c. 1200, from Old French <span class="foreign notranslate">primat</span> and directly from Medieval Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">primatem</span> (nominative <span class="foreign notranslate">primas</span>) "church primate," noun use of Late Latin adjective <span class="foreign notranslate">primas</span> "of the first rank, chief, principal," from <span class="foreign notranslate">primus</span> "first" (see <a href="/word/prime#etymonline_v_19507" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of prime " class="crossreference notranslate">prime</a> (adj.)).</p> <p>The meaning "animal of the biological order including monkeys and humans" is attested from 1876, from Modern Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">Primates</span>, the order name (Linnæus), from plural of Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">primas</span>; so called for being regarded as the "highest" order of mammals (originally also including bats).</p></section><div class="word__firstRecorded--3lZB8">also from<!-- --> <a rel="nofollow" class="word__firstRecorded_time--28qNE" href="/search?sort=a&q=from:c.%201200">c. 1200</a></div></div></div></div><div class="related--32LCi"><h3 class="h3_title" title="words related to primate">Entries linking to <i>primate</i></h3><div class="related__details--2kumU"><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of prime" href="/word/prime#etymonline_v_19507">prime<!-- --> <!-- -->(adj.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>late 14c., "first, original, first in order of time," from Old French <span class="foreign notranslate">prime</span> and directly from Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">primus</span> "first, the first, first part," figuratively "chief, principal; excellent, distinguished, noble" (source also of Italian and Spanish <span class="foreign notranslate">primo</span>), from Proto-Italic <span class="foreign notranslate">*prismos</span>, superlative of PIE <span class="foreign notranslate">*preis-</span> "before," from root <a href="/word/*per-#etymonline_v_52721" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of *per- " rel="nofollow" class="crossreference notranslate">*per-</a> (1) "forward," hence "in front of, before, first, chief."</p> <p>The meaning "of fine quality, of the first excellence" is from c. 1400. The meaning "first in rank, degree, or importance" is from 1610s in English. Arithmetical sense (as in <span class="foreign notranslate"><strong>prime number</strong></span>, one indivisible without a remainder except by 1) is from 1560s; <span class="foreign notranslate"><strong>prime meridian</strong></span> "the meridian of the earth from which longitude is measured, that of Greenwich, England," is from 1878. <span class="foreign notranslate"><strong>Prime time</strong></span> originally (c. 1500) meant "spring time;" the broadcasting sense of "peak tuning-in period" is attested by 1961.</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of primatology" href="/word/primatology#etymonline_v_47083">primatology<!-- --> <!-- -->(n.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>"the study of (zoological) primates," 1939, from <a href="/word/primate#etymonline_v_19505" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of primate " class="crossreference notranslate">primate</a> (n.) in the "higher ape" sense + <a href="/word/-ology" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of -ology " class="crossreference notranslate">-ology</a>. Related: <span class="foreign notranslate">Primatological; primatologist</span>.</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div><ul class="related__container--22iKI"><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of -ate" href="/word/-ate"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">-ate</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of *per-" href="/word/*per-"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">*per-</li></a><a class="related__more--1gm0U related__word--3Si0N" href="/word/primate/related"><li>See all related words (<!-- -->4<!-- -->) <!-- -->></li></a></ul></div><div data-ad-container="true" class="adContainer--6CVz1 vertical" style="margin-top:1em"><span class="adLabel--35hfi">Advertisement</span><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7093273770345366" style="display:block;width:100%" data-ad-slot="8757723469" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins></div><div class="ngram--SmXCf"><h3 class="h3_title" title="Trends of primate">Trends of <i>primate</i></h3><div class="ngram__container--NwjaG" style="height:180px"><canvas id="ngram-chart"></canvas></div><div class="ngram__footer--3-9dX">adapted from books.google.com/ngrams/. 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So in Middle English and after sprite could mean "breath; the principle of life; the Holy </section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="other_relation" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of stripe" href="/word/stripe"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">stripe<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">"a line or band of a different color in cloth," early 15c., from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German stripe "stripe, streak," from Proto-Germanic *stripan (source also of Danish stribe "a striped fabric," German Streifen "stripe"). These are said to be from a PIE root *strig- "to s</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="other_relation" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of pea" href="/word/pea"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">pea<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">"the seed of a hardy leguminous vine," a well-known article of food, early or mid-17c., a false singular from Middle English pease (plural pesen), which was both single and collective (as wheat, corn) but the "s" sound was mistaken for the plural inflection. 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