progenitor
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8.2
- noun
- /ˈprɒdʒənɪtər/
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progenitor
- "The genetic data strongly suggest that the wolf is the progenitor of the domestic dog," Wayne says.
- progenitor cell
- erythroid progenitor
- hematopoietic progenitor
Esau became the progenitor of white people, and so we share the same
- Esau became the progenitor of white people, and so we share the same
- And I begin with the organic farming movement because it was so clearly a progenitor of this market based approach to food system transformation.
Examples
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Honoring our father and mother, our progenitors, honors the idea of giving life and not just taking for ourselves.
Academic text (2001) -
Yet my stone is far from ordinary: its progenitor, the Acasta Formation, is the oldest known rock on Earth.
Academic text (2006) -
It, all of it points to like these like a common ancestor, a common progenitor of this story.
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Because Dracula is the progenitor of the vampire race, his DNA is still pure.
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Greeks are fiercely proud of what they see as their role as the progenitors of Western civilization.
Academic text (2004) -
War in 1648, the Peace of Westphalia is often viewed as the progenitor of modern nation-state sovereignty.
Academic text (2005) -
Goldman, a founder of the investment firm Goldman Sachs and progenitor of Woolworth Co. stores, had family roots in Frankfurt.
Academic text (2003) -
The genetic data strongly suggest that the wolf is the progenitor of the domestic dog.
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Greeks are fiercely proud of what they see as their role as the progenitors of Western civilization.
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Many cultures honor their progenitors by telling stories about their ancestors.
Synonyms
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2.4
A person in your family who lived long ago before your grandparents
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5.1
A person from older generations who helped start your family or its traditions
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8.1
A person in your family who lived long ago
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8.6
A person in your family from past generations
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7.4
A person in your family who lived before you, like a great-grandparent
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7.9
A person in your family who lived many generations before you
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9.3
A person in your family from long ago, like a grandparent
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8.2
A person who brings a new life into the world or starts something new
An early relative in the direct family line, like a great-grandparent
A person in your family from an earlier time, for example a parent
A person who is a child's birth father or mother
A woman who starts a family line
A person or animal that has young
A shared ancestor that more than one species or group comes from
Antonyms
Compounds
How Distant
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Progenitor comes from Latin parts pro- meaning 'forward' and genitor meaning 'parent', and it is related to common words like generation and gene. Think of a progenitor as the 'first parent' who starts a family line, which is why the word means an ancestor or originator.