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progenitor

noun
/pɹəʊˈd͡ʒɛn.ɪ.tə/UK/pɹoʊˈd͡ʒɛn.ɪ.tɚ/US

Etymology

From Middle English progenitour, from Anglo-Norman progenitour, Middle French progeniteur (Modern French progéniteur), and their etymon Latin prōgenitor, from prōgenitus, perfect participle of prōgignere (“to beget”), itself from prō- (“forth”) + gignere (“to beget”). By surface analysis, pro- (“prior, fore-”) + genitor.

  1. derived from prōgenitor
  2. derived from progeniteur
  3. derived from progenitour
  4. inherited from progenitour

Definitions

  1. A forefather, any of a person's direct ancestors.

  2. A person from whom one or more people (dynasty, tribe, nation…) are descended.

    • Abraham, alias Ibrahim, is the presumed progenitor of both the Jewish and Arab peoples.

  3. An ancestral form of a species.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. A predecessor of something, especially if also a precursor or model.

      • ARPANET was the progenitor of the Internet.
      • Are neural progenitor cells infected by Zika virus?

    2. Someone who originates something.

    3. A founder.

The neighborhood

Derived

chondroprogenitor, legendary progenitor, myoprogenitor, neuroprogenitor, oligoprogenitor, osteoprogenitor, progenitor cell, progenitorial, progenitorship, progenitress

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at progenitor. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at progenitor. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at progenitor

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA