pro·gen·i·tor 
(prō-jĕnĭ-tər)
(prō-jĕnĭ-tər)n.
1. A direct ancestor. See Synonyms at ancestor.
2. An originator of a line of descent; a precursor.
3. An originator; a founder: progenitors of the new music.
[Middle English progenitour, from Old French progeniteur, from Latin prōgenitor, from prōgenitus, past participle of prōgignere, to beget : prō-, forward; see PRO-1 + gignere, gen-, to beget; see genə- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
- Indo-Aryan
- Indochina
- Indochinese
- indocile
- indocility
- indoctrinate
- indoctrination
- Indo-European
- Indo-Europeanist
- Indo-European root: ad-
- Indo-European root: ag-
- Indo-European root: agh-
- Indo-European root: agro-
- Indo-European root: aik-
- Indo-European root: aim-
- Indo-European root: ais-
- Indo-European root: aiw-
- Indo-European root: ak-
- Indo-European root: akw-ā-
- Indo-European root: al-
- Indo-European root: al-
- Indo-European root: al-
- Indo-European root: albho-
- Indo-European root: alu-
- Indo-European root: ambhi