originally
adverb
[ əˈrɪdʒɪn(ə)li ]
• from or in the beginning; at first.
• "potatoes originally came from South America"
Similar:
at first,
first,
in/at the beginning,
to begin with,
initially,
in the first place,
at the start,
at the outset,
in the first instance,
from day one,
from the word go,
• in a novel and inventive way.
• "the suggestions so originally and persuasively outlined"