progenitor

Etymology
From, from (Modern French ), from , from , perfect participle of , itself from  +.

Noun

 * 1) A forefather, any of a person's direct ancestors.
 * 2) A person from whom one or more people (dynasty, tribe, nation…) are descended.
 * 3)  An ancestral form of a species.
 * 4)  A predecessor of something, especially if also a precursor or model.
 * 5)  Someone who originates something.
 * 6) A founder.
 * 1)  A predecessor of something, especially if also a precursor or model.
 * 2)  Someone who originates something.
 * 3) A founder.
 * 1)  Someone who originates something.
 * 2) A founder.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Cebuano: giliwatan
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Crimean Tatar: ecdat
 * Czech:, praotec
 * Danish: forfader
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:, kantaisä
 * German:, , Vorfahre
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: πρόγονος
 * Irish: sinsear
 * Latin: progenitor
 * Maori: uretū
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: stamfar
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, , ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: gineadair
 * Serbo-Croatian: прародитељ
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish: ,


 * Bulgarian:
 * Cebuano: giliwatan
 * Danish: stamfader
 * Dutch: ,
 * German:, , , Vorfahre
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: πρόγονος
 * Irish: sinsear
 * Maori: uretū, tipuna
 * Portuguese:
 * Turkish: ,


 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch: stamvorm
 * German:, Vorfahre
 * Greek:
 * Irish: sinsear
 * Turkish: ,


 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:, voorafbeelding
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: ro-theachdaire
 * Serbo-Croatian: претеча
 * Turkish: ,


 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: stifter, grundlægger
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Polish: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: neach-stèidheachaidh
 * Serbo-Croatian: оснивач, творац
 * Turkish:


 * French:, , ,
 * Italian: ,

Etymology
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Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  ancestor, progenitor

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1)  any of a person’s direct ancestors
 * 2)   a predecessor of something

Etymology
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