🌱progenitor

noun
/proʊˈdʒɛnɪtər/

Meaning

a direct ancestor; a person or thing that originates something

Example Sentences

Researchers traced the custom back to a common progenitor.

Synonyms

ancestor, forebear, originator, founder, precursor

Antonyms

descendant, follower

Collocations

common progenitor, cultural progenitor, biological progenitor, progenitor cell

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