progenitor
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ɪ noun
1.
a biologically related ancestor: a progenitor of the species.
2.
a person or thing that first indicates a direction, originates something, or serves as a model; predecessor; precursor: the progenitor of modern painting.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a direct ancestor |
| 2. | an originator or founder of a future development; precursor |
| [C14: from Latin: ancestor, from | |
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Word Origin & History
progenitor
1382, from Anglo-Fr. progenitour (1347), O.Fr. progeniteur, from L. progenitorem (nom. progenitor) "ancestor," agent noun from progenitus, pp. of progignere (see progeny).
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Example sentences
Any critique that doesn't reference the progenitor misses the obvious.
Paleontologists can't tell how close any particular specimen was to the progenitor of the primates.
This, in turn, would be evidence of a common progenitor.
Cloning for reproduction would produce an identical twin younger than his or her progenitor.
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