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Vinony

Precambrian

adjective

  1. geologic super-eon preceding the Phanerozoic eon
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /priːˈkam.bɹɪ.ən/ / /priˈkæm.bɹi.ən/ / /priˈkeɪm.bɹi.ən/

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English Cambrian English Precambrian From pre- + Cambrian.

  1. Relating to the time and geology dated before the Phanerozoic

    “When you look at a Precambrian trilobite in the lobby of a New York bank, it is difficult to speculate about its primeval environment.”

name

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English Cambrian English Precambrian From pre- + Cambrian.

  1. The Precambrian supereon; spanning from the formation of the Earth around 4.6 billion years ago to the emergence of hard-shelled creatures 541 million years ago.