primogenitor

pri·mo·gen·i·tor

P0560000 (prī′mō-jĕn′ĭ-tər)n.1. The earliest ancestor.2. An ancestor or forebear.

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[Late Latin prīmōgenitor : Latin prīmō, at first (from prīmus, first; see per in Indo-European roots) + Latin genitor, begetter (from genitus, past participle of gignere, to beget; see genə- in Indo-European roots).]

primogenitor

(ˌpraɪməʊˈdʒɛnɪtə) n1. a forefather; ancestor2. (Anthropology & Ethnology) an earliest parent or ancestor, as of a race[C17: alteration of progenitor after primogeniture]

pri•mo•gen•i•tor

(ˌpraɪ məˈdʒɛn ɪ tər)

n. forefather; ancestor. [1645–55; < Late Latin prīmōgenitor ancestor = Latin prīmō at first + genitor parent]

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primogenitor - an ancestor in the direct line progenitorancestor, antecedent, ascendant, ascendent, root - someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)genitor - a natural father or mother

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