👉 In linguistics, "primative" refers to a word that is often used as a noun or verb in context. It is a type of root or base form, and it can be derived from a root that has been modified by adding consonants or vowels before it. For example, the word "prime" comes from the root "pær-" which means "to come," which was later modified to include a vowel sound in the "y" at the end. Primative words are