"Eldest, that's what I am... Tom remembers the first raindrop and the first acorn... he knew the dark under the stars when it was fearless – before the Dark Lord came from Outside."
Because of that quote, there are theories that he was around even before Melkor arrived, so he was around before any of the Ainur arrived to Arda.
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"Eldest, that's what I am... Tom remembers the first raindrop and the first acorn... he knew the dark under the stars when it was fearless – before the Dark Lord came from Outside."
Because of that quote, there are theories that he was around even before Melkor arrived, so he was around before any of the Ainur arrived to Arda.