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progenitor

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Main Entry: pro·gen·i·tor
Pronunciation: \prō-ˈje-nə-tər, prə-\
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French progenitour, from Latin progenitor, from progignere to beget, from pro- forth + gignere to beget — more at kin
Date: 14th century

1 a : an ancestor in the direct line : forefather b : a biologically ancestral form
2 : precursor, originator <progenitors of socialist ideas — Times Literary Supplement> <progenitor cells>


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