progenitor

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

progenitorsprogenitour

1.
A forefather, any of a person's direct ancestors.
Đồng nghĩa: ancestor, forefather
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.
3.
(biology) An ancestral form of a species.
4.
(figuratively)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?
5.
(figuratively)Someone who originates something.
6.
A founder.

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Đồng nghĩa

ancestor forefather

Cùng gốc / liên quan

progenitive progenyprogenitive, progeny

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro From Middle English progenitour, from 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). genitor.