Associations to the word «Progenitor»

Wiktionary

PROGENITOR, noun. A forefather, any of a person's direct ancestors.
PROGENITOR, noun. An individual from whom one or more people (dynasty, tribe, nation...) are descended.
PROGENITOR, noun. (biology) An ancestral form of a species
PROGENITOR, noun. (figuratively) A predecessor of something, especially if also a precursor or model.
PROGENITOR, noun. (figuratively) Someone who originates something.
PROGENITOR, noun. A founder.

Dictionary definition

PROGENITOR, noun. An ancestor in the direct line.

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin