progenitor

pro·gen·i·tor

P0584400 (prō-jĕn′ĭ-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.

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[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 Indo-European roots.]

progenitor

(prəʊˈdʒɛnɪtə) n1. a direct ancestor2. an originator or founder of a future development; precursor[C14: from Latin: ancestor, from pro-¹ + genitor parent, from gignere to beget]

pro•gen•i•tor

(proʊˈdʒɛn ɪ tər)

n. 1. a biologically related ancestor. 2. a person or thing that originates something or serves as a model; precursor. [1350–1400; Middle English < Latin prōgenitor the founder of a family = prō- pro-¹ + genitor father, parent (geni-, variant s. of gignere to beget + -tor -tor; c. Greek genétōr, Skt janitar-)] pro•gen′i•tor•ship`, n.

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progenitor - an ancestor in the direct line primogenitorancestor, antecedent, ascendant, ascendent, root - someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)genitor - a natural father or mother

progenitor

noun1. ancestor, parent, forebear, forefather, begetter, procreator, primogenitor the Arabian stallions which were the progenitors of all modern thoroughbreds2. originator, source, predecessor, precursor, forerunner, antecedent, instigator the man who is considered the progenitor of modern drama

progenitor

noun1. A person from whom one is descended:ancestor, antecedent, ascendant, father, forebear, forefather, foremother, mother, parent.Archaic: predecessor.2. One that precedes, as in time:ancestor, antecedent, forerunner, precursor, predecessor.

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