Tra từ primitive - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

primi·tive [primitive primitives] adjective, noun BrE [ˈprɪmətɪv] NAmE [ˈprɪmətɪv]
adjective
1. usually before noun belonging to a very simple society with no industry, etc
•primitive tribes
•primitive beliefs
2. usually before noun belonging to an early stage in the development of humans or animals
•primitive man
3. very simple and old-fashioned, especially when sth is also not convenient and comfortable
Syn: ↑crude
•The methods of communication used during the war were primitive by today's standards.
•The facilities on the campsite were very primitive.
4. usually before noun (of a feeling or a desire)very strong and not based on reason, as if from the earliest period of human life
•a primitive instinct

Word Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘original, not derivative’): from Old French primitif, -ive, from Latin primitivus ‘first of its kind’, from primus ‘first’.

Example Bank:
•Transport remained very primitive.
Derived Words: ↑primitively ▪ ↑primitiveness

noun
1. an artist of the period before the Renaissance; an example of work from this period
2. an artist who paints in a very simple style like a child; an example of the work of such an artist

Word Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘original, not derivative’): from Old French primitif, -ive, from Latin primitivus ‘first of its kind’, from primus ‘first’.