Progenitors - English meaning

Progenitors – 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 …

Progenitors translation into English

Progenitors: translate from English into Chinese

祖细胞

Progenitors: translate from English into Dutch

Voorouders, Stamvader, Voorvader, Voorganger, Verwekker, Voorzaat

Progenitors: translate from English into French

Géniteurs, Ancêtre, Auteur

Progenitors: translate from English into German

Vorfahren, Stammeltern

Progenitors: translate from English into Hindi

पूर्वज, पूर्वपुस्र्ष, मूल, पुरखा, अग्रगामी

Progenitors: translate from English into Italian

Progenitori, Progenitore, Antenato

Progenitors: translate from English into Korean

선조

Progenitors: translate from English into Russian

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

Progenitors: translate from English into Spanish

Progenitores, 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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Progenitors – similar words

progenitor

prəʊˈdʒen.ɪ.tər

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 …

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…

Progenitor - all meanings in English

Progenitors 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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