progenitor

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

noun 5

Collocations

ADJ.

infected, jewish, neural, preeminent

VERB + PROGENITOR

presumed

PROGENITOR + NOUN

blacksmith, cells, human, internet

noun

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

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.

An ancestral form of a species.

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?

Someone who originates something.

noun — an ancestor in the direct line

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

Wiktionary

ARPANET was the progenitor of the Internet.

Wiktionary

Are neural progenitor cells infected by Zika virus?

Wiktionary

The progenitor of the human race was named Tom.

Tatoeba · #12299148

The high priest Aaron is said to be the progenitor of the Jewish priests, the kohanim.

Tatoeba · #12338112

Our progenitor was a preeminent rabbi in Lodz.

Tatoeba · #12338120

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