progenitor
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- progenitour (obsolete)
Etymology
[edit]From Middle English, from Middle French progeniteur (Modern French progéniteur), from Latin progenitor, from progenitus, perfect participle of progignere (“to beget”), itself from pro- (“forth”) + gignere (“to beget”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /pɹəʊˈd͡ʒɛn.ɪ.tə/, /pɹəˈd͡ʒɛn.ə.tə/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (US) IPA(key): /pɹoʊˈd͡ʒɛn.ɪ.tɚ/, /pɹəˈd͡ʒɛn.ə.tɚ/
Noun
[edit]progenitor (plural progenitors)
- A forefather, any of a person's direct ancestors.
- Synonyms: ancestor, forefather
- Coordinate terms: progenitrix, foremother
- 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.
- (biology) An ancestral form of a species.
- (figuratively) 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?
- (figuratively) Someone who originates something.
- A founder.
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]any of a person's direct ancestors
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an individual from which (a) people(s) descend
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an ancestral form of a species
a predecessor of something
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someone who originates something
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founder — see founder
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Further reading
[edit]- progenitor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
[edit]Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin prōgenitōrem.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Central) [pɾu.ʒə.niˈto]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [pɾo.ʒə.niˈto]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [pɾo.d͡ʒe.niˈtoɾ]
- Rhymes: -o(ɾ)
- Hyphenation: pro‧ge‧ni‧tor
Noun
[edit]progenitor m (plural progenitors, feminine progenitora)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “progenitor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “progenitor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “progenitor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “progenitor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /proːˈɡe.ni.tor/, [proːˈɡɛnɪt̪ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /proˈd͡ʒe.ni.tor/, [proˈd͡ʒɛːnit̪or]
Noun
[edit]prōgenitor m (genitive prōgenitōris); third declension
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | prōgenitor | prōgenitōrēs |
Genitive | prōgenitōris | prōgenitōrum |
Dative | prōgenitōrī | prōgenitōribus |
Accusative | prōgenitōrem | prōgenitōrēs |
Ablative | prōgenitōre | prōgenitōribus |
Vocative | prōgenitor | prōgenitōrēs |
Coordinate terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Catalan: progenitor
- French: progéniteur
- Galician: proxenitor
- Italian: progenitore
- Portuguese: progenitor
- Spanish: progenitor
References
[edit]- “progenitor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “progenitor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- progenitor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin prōgenitor.
Pronunciation
[edit]
- Hyphenation: pro‧ge‧ni‧tor
Noun
[edit]progenitor m (plural progenitores, feminine progenitora, feminine plural progenitoras)
- progenitor (any of a person’s direct ancestors)
- (figuratively) progenitor (a predecessor of something)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “progenitor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin prōgenitor.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]progenitor m (plural progenitores, feminine progenitora, feminine plural progenitoras)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “progenitor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28
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