What is the meaning of the root prim-as used in the word primitive

The meaning of the root prim is "first". The meaning of prim-as used in the word primitive is the early stage of an evolution or development of something, and prim just means that it was an early stage or the first.

i would like to compare these two interpretations of the crucible : 1) eric christ's interretation and wade bradford's interpretation. the main differences between there interretaions is that in the first one you can notice direct link to joseph mccarthy whereas the second one represents how the town is filled with hysteria.the second interpretation shows that author believes that the story   about puritan town in salem is based on actual events while the first example shows the sencible reference to sort of bias.