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progenitor

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pro·gen·i·tor  (pr-jn-tr)
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 prgenitor, from prgenitus, past participle of prgignere, to beget : pr-, forward; see pro-1 + gignere, gen-, to beget; see gen- in Indo-European roots.]

progenitor [prəʊˈdʒɛnɪtə]
n
1. a direct ancestor
2. an originator or founder of a future development; precursor
[from Latin: ancestor, from pro-1 + genitor parent, from gignere to beget]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.progenitorprogenitor - an ancestor in the direct line      
ancestor, antecedent, ascendant, ascendent, root - someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
genitor - a natural father or mother

progenitor
noun
1. ancestor, parent, forebear, forefather, begetter, procreator, primogenitor the Arabian stallions which were the progenitors of all modern thoroughbreds
2. originator, source, predecessor, precursor, forerunner, antecedent, instigator the man who is considered the progenitor of modern drama
Translations
progenitor [prəʊˈdʒenɪtəʳ] Nprogenitor m
progenitor [prəʊˈdʒɛnɪtər] n
(= ancestor) → ancêtre m/f
[idea, invention] (= originator) → promoteur/trice m/f
progenitor
n (form)Vorfahr(in) m(f), → Ahn m, → Ahne f; (fig)Vorläufer m
progenitor [prəʊˈdʒɛnɪtəʳ] n (frm) → progenitore/trice, antenato/a
progenitor [prəʊˈdʒɛnɪtəʳ] n (frm) → progenitore/trice, antenato/a


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This other-self of mine is an ancestor, a progenitor of my progenitors in the early line of my race, himself the progeny of a line that long before his time developed fingers and toes and climbed up into the trees.
Handed down through countless ages it had come to her as a heritage and an insignia of her religious office and regal authority from some long-dead progenitor of lost and forgotten Atlantis.
But Nalasu had been famous as a great fighter, as well as having been the progenitor of three such warlike sons.
 
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