immemorial
adjective
[ ɪmɪˈmɔːrɪəl ]
• originating in the distant past; very old.
• "an immemorial custom"
Similar:
ancient,
old,
very old,
age-old,
antediluvian,
timeless,
dateless,
archaic,
long-standing,
long-lived,
time-worn,
time-honoured,
ancestral,
traditional,
atavistic,
of yore,
rooted in the past,
Origin:
early 17th century: from medieval Latin immemorialis, from in- ‘not’ + memorialis ‘relating to the memory’.
time immemorial
• a time in the past that was so long ago that people have no knowledge or memory of it.
• "markets had been held there from time immemorial"
