Значення

значень: 6
  1. A forefather, any of a person's direct ancestors.

    Ahn, Vorfahr, Vorfahre

    прароди́тельprarodítelʹ, пре́докprédok

    an ancestor in the direct line

  2. 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.

    Stammvater, Urahn, Vorfahr

  3. An ancestral form of a species.

    Vorfahr, Vorfahre

  4. (переносно)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?

    Vorläufer

    предте́чаpredtéča, предше́ственникpredšéstvennik

  5. (переносно)Someone who originates something.

    Erzeuger, Erzeugerin

    созда́тельsozdátelʹ, основа́тельosnovátelʹ

  6. A founder.

Приклади

речень: 4
  1. The progenitor of the human race was named Tom.

  2. Our progenitor was a blacksmith.

  3. Our progenitor was a preeminent rabbi in Lodz.

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

Русский
За значеннями 3
any of a person's direct ancestors:
a predecessor of something:
someone who originates something:
Deutsch
За значеннями 4
any of a person's direct ancestors:
an individual from which (a) people(s) descend:
a predecessor of something:
someone who originates something:

Походження

From Middle English progenitour, from Anglo-Norman progenitour, Middle French progeniteur

From Middle English progenitour, from Anglo-Norman progenitour, Middle French progeniteur (Modern French progéniteur), and their etymon Latin prōgenitor, from prōgenitus, perfect participle of prōgignere (“to beget”), itself from prō- (“forth”) + gignere (“to beget”). By surface analysis, pro- (“prior, fore-”) + genitor.

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Форми

множина: progenitors
Однинаprogenitor
Множинаprogenitors

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Синоніми

синонімів: 3
Близькі за значенням

Спільнокореневі

пов’язаних слів: 11

Дивіться також

сусідні слова
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