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progenitor:
- Vorfahre; Stammvater
Wiktionary:
- progenitor → Ahn, Stammvater, Vorfahr, Vorfahre, Vorläufer, Erzeuger, Erzeugerin
- progenitor → Stammvater, Vorfahr, Urahn, Ahn

English

Detailed Translations for progenitor from English to German

progenitor:

progenitor [the ~] nom

the progenitor
der Vorfahre
- Vorfahre [der ~] nom
the progenitor (patriarch; founder; ancestor)
der Stammvater
- Stammvater [der ~] nom

Translation Matrix for progenitor:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
Stammvater	ancestor; founder; patriarch; progenitor	ancestor; forefather
Vorfahre	progenitor
-	primogenitor
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	ancestor; first father; first mother

Related Words for "progenitor":

progenitors

Synonyms for "progenitor":

primogenitor; ancestor; ascendant; ascendent; antecedent; root

Related Definitions for "progenitor":

an ancestor in the direct line¹

Wiktionary Translations for progenitor:

progenitor

noun

any of a person's direct ancestors
- progenitor → Ahn; Stammvater; Vorfahr; Vorfahre
an individual from which (a) people(s) descend
- progenitor → Ahn; Vorfahr; Vorfahre
an ancestral form of a species
- progenitor → Vorfahr; Vorfahre
a predecessor of something
- progenitor → Vorläufer
someone who originates something
- progenitor → Erzeuger; Erzeugerin

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• progenitor	→ Stammvater; Vorfahr; Urahn; Ahn	↔ voorvader — familie\|nld mannelijk persoon van wie een volk, een clan of een familie afstamt.

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