primordial
‘being or happening first in sequence of time; original’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. premordiall, primordial < La.Lat. primordialis ‘first of all, original’ < Lat. primordium ‘a beginning, the beginning, origin, commencement’ < primus ‘first’ + ordiri < Proto-Ital. ordn ‘row, order’ < awd < ar- < Tamil ār