Relating to or characteristic of a cradle, birthplace, or earliest origins and developments.
From Latin 'cunabula' (cradle, birthplace) + '-ar' (adjective suffix). Developed as a learned descriptor for anything concerning origins, beginnings, or primitive conditions.
When historians use 'cunabular,' they're describing something in its cradle phase—like how the cunabular period of the internet looked nothing like what we use today.
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