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progenitor (s) (noun), progenitors (pl)
1. An ancestor from the past who is related to someone who is living now: Adam is Eve's progenitor or her great grandfather.
2. Etymology: from Latin progenitor, "ancestor" from pro-, "forth" + gignere, "to produce, to beget."
An ancestor or a forefather.
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This entry is located in the following units: geno-, gen-, genit-, gener-, -gen (page 21) genus, genesis-, -gen, -gene, -genesis, -genetic, -genic, -geny, -genous (page 9) -or; -our (primarily British) (page 11) pro-, por-, pur- (page 10)