Primordial is from Late Latin primordialis, from Latin primordium ('beginning, origin'), from primus ('first') + ordiri ('to begin, weave'). Important recorded forms include primordium (Latin), primus (Latin), and ordiri (Latin). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense remains close to that composition, with the parts narrowing into a single lexical item. In current use it covers existing from the very beginning; ancient and primeval. The wider family includes derived forms such as primordially and primordium and related words such as primary, primal, and origin.