primogenital

adjective

pri·​mo·​genital

: primogenitary

Word History

Etymology

Late Latin primogenitalis, from primogenitus state of being firstborn (from Latin, firstborn, from primus first + genitus, past participle of gignere to beget) + Latin -alis -al

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