🌱progenitor (proh-zhuh-nee-teur)

noun
/proʊˈdʒɛnɪtər/
ancêtre (ancetre)

Signification

a direct ancestor; a person or thing that originates something
Traduction de la signification
un ancêtre direct; une personne ou une chose qui origine quelque chose
un ancetre direct; une personne ou une chose qui origine quelque chose

Phrases d'exemple

Researchers traced the custom back to a common progenitor.

Les chercheurs ont retracé la coutume jusqu'à un ancêtre commun.
Les chercheurs ont retrace la coutume jusqu'a un ancetre commun.

Synonymes

ancestor, forebear, originator, founder, precursor

Antonymes

descendant, follower

Collocations

common progenitor, cultural progenitor, biological progenitor, progenitor cell

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