Anlage

Anlage:                           something in the earliest stage of development; or the foundation stage of (something).  Mostly used in biology.  Same as 'primordial'.

First encountered:         Just re-reading Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. Chapter 3 First para: '...every seed armed with an appliance of dispersal...... each possessed with the anlage of movement.'

How to use:                    Some people believe life grew out of anlage soup.

                                        

Soup - probably lentil, not anlage

Used differently:           Their eyes met across the crowded room. It was the anlage of a love affair that destroyed them both and brought their families to ruin.

Where it started:           German builders - who didn't know that all words were supposed to start with the greeks and romans, and made up their own.