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proto-parent
proto-parent n. 
/ˈprəʊtə(ʊ)ˌpɛːrənt/, /ˈproʊdoʊˌpɛrənt/ [compare post-classical Latin protoparens first parent, i.e. Adam (from 8th cent. in British sources)] now rare a first or earliest parent or ancestor (esp. with reference to Adam and Eve); also figurative.
Brit. /ˌprəʊtə(ʊ)ˈpɛːrənt/
, /ˌprəʊtə(ʊ)ˈpɛːrənt//ˈprəʊtə(ʊ)ˌpɛːrənt/U.S. /ˌproʊdoʊˈpɛrənt/
, /ˌproʊdoʊˈpɛrənt//ˈproʊdoʊˌpɛrənt/ΚΠ
1603 J. Davies Microcosmos 39 Since our Proto-parents lowest fall, Our wisdomes highest pitch (God wot) is low.
a1714 B. Tompson Poems (1980) 141 Our proto parent was environd round With Rarest things yet no Content he found Till such an one was formed by his side With whom he might Convers, in whom Confide.
a1834 S. T. Coleridge Lit. Remains (1838) III. 218 Aye! here is the ovum,..the proto-parent of the whole race of controversies.
2002 P. Jobert & A. Nichols in A. Nichols Abortion & Martyrdom i. 4 The communion with God which Adamic grace gave the proto-parents.
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