progenitor
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[edit] English
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- progenitour (obsolete)
[edit] Etymology
From Middle English, from Middle French progeniteur (Modern French progéniteur), from Latin progenitor, from progenitus, perfect participle of progignere (“to beget”), itself from pro- (“forth”) + gignere (“to beget”).
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progenitor (plural progenitors)
- A forefather, any of a person's direct ancestors
- An individual from whom one or more people (dyansty, tribe, nation...) are descended.
- Abraham alias Ibrahim is the progenitor of both the Jewish and Arab peoples.
- (biology) An ancestral form of a species
- (figuratively) A predecessor of something, especially if also a precursor or model.
- (figuratively) Someone who originates something.
- A founder
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any of a person's direct ancestors
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an individual from which (a) people(s) descend
an ancestral form of a species
a predecessor of something
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someone who originates something
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founder — see founder
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[edit] Latin
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prōgenitor (genitive prōgenitōris); m, third declension
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[edit] Spanish
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progenitor m. (plural progenitores, feminine singular progenitora, feminine plural progenitoras)