## Meanings
1. Very simple and easy to understand.
2. Forming the basic part of something; serving as a foundation.
3. Relating to the first years of school for young children.

## Examples
- The first chapter covers only elementary grammar.
- Students must master the elementary rules before moving on.
- My daughter is in her last year of elementary school.

## Derived Forms
- elementarily
- elementariness
- elementarism
- monoelementary
- nonelementary
- postelementary
- subelementary
- superelementary
- unelementary

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: elementare
- Root: elementārius

## Etymology
From Middle English elementare, from Latin elementārius (“elementary”), from elementum (“one of the four elements of antiquity; fundamentals”) + -ārius (adjective-forming suffix). Cognate with French élémentaire. By surface analysis, element + -ary.

## AI Etymology
Elementary comes from Middle English elementare, from Latin elementārius (“elementary”), from elementum (“one of the four elements of antiquity; fundamentals”) + -ārius (adjective-forming suffix). Cognate with French élémentaire. By surface analysis, element + -ary. In current use, the main senses are “Very simple and easy to understand” and “Forming the basic part of something; serving as a foundation”.

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