Progenitor
A progenitor is person or thing from which others are descended or originate.[1] For example, it is used to refer to the ancestor who started the line of a noble family.
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References
- ^ Soanes, Catherine and Stevenson, Angus (ed.) (2005). Oxford Dictionary of English, 2nd Ed., revised, Oxford University Press, Oxford, New York, p. 1406. ISBN 978-0-19-861057-1.