11
embryonic(adjective, cause, beginning, original, promising)
9
original(adjective, cause, beginning, opening, primary)
9
seminal(adjective, cause)
8
incipient(adjective, beginning, fresh, original, first)
7
initial(adjective, beginning, opening, fresh, original)
7
originative
6
aboriginal(adjective, cause, beginning)
6
budding(adjective, beginning, promising, blooming, increasing)
6
primordial(adjective, cause, beginning)
5
creative(adjective, rational, fantastic, original, resourceful)
5
primary(adjective, cause, opening, original, first)
5
primeval(adjective, beginning)
4
beginning(noun, adjective, beginning, opening, original)
4
fetal(adjective, beginning)
4
formative(adjective, beginning, causative)
4
primal(adjective, beginning)
4
primitive
3
causal(adjective, cause, causative)
3
early(adjective, beginning, opening, original, first)
3
first(adjective, beginning, opening, original, primary)
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