Whoever finishes first in a competition is the winner.
First is an adjective that has its etymological origin in primarĭus , a Latin word. This can be translated as “in first position” and is identified because it is the result of the sum of two Latin components: primus , which is equivalent to “first” , and the suffix -ero , which indicates “belonging” .
The term can be applied to that which, in a certain order, precedes the rest of the elements of the same species . For example: “The German rider arrived first and won the Belgian Grand Prix,” “The first thing I'm going to do when I get to the city is visit Aunt Eulogia,” “The boss asked me to go to the bank first.” make the deposit and then go to the supplier's office .
Various meanings of the term first
The order that makes something or someone first can be temporal, spatial, hierarchical, or another type . In a race, whoever arrives first is the competitor who crosses the finish line before the rest (therefore, completes the pre-established distance in less time).
If, from a point X , to reach a mountain you must first cross a stream, the stream will be before the mountain in a geographical sense. The status of first, on the other hand, may depend on the order of a hierarchy : in a succession, the first vice president comes before the second vice president.
What a person intends or wants to do first is what gives them the most pleasure or feels best: “Before returning to my parents' house, I would first ask to borrow a place from a friend,” “First I would buy a house that a automobile.”
First is the name of various courses or degrees in the field of education.
The concept in education and the military field
It should not be overlooked that the term in question is also used within the educational field. Specifically, there are several courses that are named with the same name. This would be the case, for example, of the First Year of Compulsory Secondary Education (ESO) or the First Year of Baccalaureate , without forgetting the First Year of Career , which is the word used to refer to the first year of any university degree.
Within the military sphere, on the other hand, there is the figure of the first corporal , who is the soldier who is located, hierarchically speaking, after the major corporal and before the corporal .
More uses of the notion of first
All this without overlooking that in Argentina , specifically in the area of the province of Córdoba, there is the Primero River. This is one of the most important rivers in the area, it has a length of about 200 kilometers and has an altitude determined by its source and mouth. In the first case it manages to ascend up to 643 meters above sea level and in the second it reaches 71 meters above sea level.
In a motor vehicle, meanwhile, the shortest gear is known as “first” : “You will have to go up the hill in first gear.”
It must also be taken into account that there is a game called Primero . It is a card game in which the cards do not have the usual value that they usually have.