noun, masculine/pɾiˈmate/plural: primates
primate (animal)
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-der. Proto-Italic *pri Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Indo-European *-(t)m̥mos Proto-Indo-European *-is(t)m̥mós Proto-Italic *-isəmos Proto-Italic *prīzmos Latin prīmus Latin -̄ās Latin prīmātembor. Spanish primate Borrowed from Latin prīmātem (“first, principal; hero”).