primary

• adj.一次的な; 初歩的な; 基本的な
• n. 原色; 最も

prime、最初の、最初の、第一の、-ary、形容詞接尾辞から。

primary (adj.)

early 15c., "of the first order," from Latin primarius "of the first rank, chief, principal, excellent," from primus "first" (see prime (adj.)). Meaning "first in order" is from 1802. Primary color is first recorded 1610s (at first the seven of the spectrum, later the three from which others can be made); primary school is 1802, from French école primaire.

The Paris journals ... are full of a plan, brought forward by Fourcroy, for the establishment of primary schools, which is not interesting to an English reader. [London "Times," April 27, 1802]

Related: Primarily.

primary (n.)

1861, American English, short for primary election (1792, with reference to France; in a U.S. context from 1835); earlier primary caucus (1821).

1. It is nearly always women who are the primary care givers.

初級保健看護の仕事をしているのはほとんど女性です。

2.His misunderstanding of language was the primary cause of his other problems.

彼の言語に対する誤解が他の問題を引き起こす主な原因である。

3.Britain did not introduce compulsory primary education until 1880.

英国では1880年になって初めて初等義務教育が開始された。

4.He won the election because the Democrats self-destructed in their primary .

民主党は初選挙で万里の長城を自壊したので、選挙に勝った。

5.Mrs Steele was head of Didcot 's C of E primary school.

スティル夫人は、英国のディドコット聖公会小学校の校長だった。