progeny
noun
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The Lineage of Progeny
Progeny is the progeny of the Latin verb prōgignere, meaning “to beget.” That Latin word is itself an offspring of the prefix prō-, meaning “forth,” and gignere, which can mean “to beget” or “to bring forth.” Gignere has produced a large family of English descendants, including benign, engine, genius, germ, indigenous, and genuine. Gignere even paired up with prō- again to produce a close relative of progeny: the noun progenitor can mean “an ancestor in the direct line,” “a biologically ancestral form,” or “a precursor or originator.”
Examples of progeny in a Sentence
Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
In any other sport, the progeny of a former star player ascending to the highest level would be especially noteworthy.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2025
Hillyer’s movie centers on Countess Marya Zaleska (Gloria Holden), a Dracula progeny who kidnaps a young woman in Transylvania.
—Erik Piepenburg, New York Times, 2 June 2025
Now Professor De Kai approaches our technological progeny not as tools, but as entities shaped by our actions.
—Robert C. Wolcott, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
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“Progeny.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/progeny. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.
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