Progenitor - English meaning

prəʊˈdʒen.ɪ.tər

Progenitor – definitions in English dictionary

noun
A person or thing from which a person, animal, or plant is descended or originates; an ancestor or parent.
Usage examples:
His children were the progenitors of many of scotland's noble families
Synonims:
Ancestor Forefather Forebear Parent Begetter Primogenitor Procreator Stirps

noun
The parent or direct ancestor of a person, animal, or plant
Usage examples:
A child has a male progenitor and a female progenitor., a series of several persons descended from …

noun
A person who first thinks of something and causes it to exist
Usage examples:
Marx was the progenitor of communism., the sagrada familia was conceived originally by its progenit…

noun
Something from which another thing develops or that causes something else to happen or exist
Usage examples:
The progenitor of rock 'n'roll was rhythm and blues., tobacco surely rivals arsenic as a progenitor…

Progenitor translation into English

Progenitor: translate from English into Chinese

祖

Progenitor: translate from English into Dutch

Stamvader, Voorvader, Voorganger, Verwekker, Voorzaat

Progenitor: translate from English into French

Ancêtre, Auteur

Progenitor: translate from English into German

Vorläufer, Vorfahr, Ahn

Progenitor: translate from English into Hindi

पूर्वपुस्र्ष, मूल, प्रजनक, पुरखा, अग्रगामी

Progenitor: translate from English into Italian

Progenitore, Antenato

Progenitor: translate from English into Korean

선조

Progenitor: translate from English into Russian

Прародитель, Предшественник, Предок, Источник, Основатель рода, Оригинал, Исходная частица

Progenitor: translate from English into Spanish

Progenitor, Antepasado

Word origin

late Middle English: from Old French progeniteur, from Latin progenitor, from progenit- ‘begotten’, from the verb progignere, from pro- ‘forward’ + gignere ‘beget’.

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Progenitor – similar words

progenitors

noun
A person or thing from which a person, animal, or plant is descended or originates; an ancestor or parent.
Usage examples:
His children were the progenitors of many of scotland's noble families

noun
The parent or direct ancestor of a person, animal, or plant
Usage examples:
A child has a male progenitor and a female progenitor., a series of several persons descended from …

Progenitors - all meanings in English

Progenitor synonims

ancestor

noun
A person, typically one more remote than a grandparent, from whom one is descended.
Usage examples:
He could trace his ancestors back to james the first

Ancestor - all meanings in English

begetter

noun
Someone who creates something
Usage examples:
He was a begetter of chamber music and concertos in the 1980s., he made no secret of the fact that …

Begetter - all meanings in English

forebear

ˈfɔː.beər

noun
An ancestor.
Usage examples:
Generations of his forebears had lived in london

noun
An ancestor

noun
A relative who lived in the past

Forebear - all meanings in English

forefather

noun
A member of the past generations of one's family or people; an ancestor.
Usage examples:
The duchy which her forefathers had ruled since the tenth century

noun
Someone's relative who lived a long time ago
Usage examples:
Our forefathers fought for equal justice under the law., the house was built by his forefather will…

Forefather - all meanings in English

parent

noun
A person's father or mother.
Usage examples:
The parents of the bride

verb
Be or act as a parent to (a child).
Usage examples:
All children are special to those who parent them

noun
A person who gives birth to or raises a child
Usage examples:
His parents live in new york., parental guidance, just barely newlyweds, they now have to confront …

Parent - all meanings in English

primogenitor

noun
An ancestor, especially the earliest ancestor of a people; a progenitor.
Usage examples:
The primogenitor of countless domesticated breeds is the red junglefowl of southern asia.

Primogenitor - all meanings in English

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