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Progenitor vs Progenitorship - What's the difference?

progenitor | progenitorship |

As nouns the difference between progenitor and progenitorship

is that progenitor is a forefather, any of a person's direct ancestors while progenitorship is the state of being a progenitor.

progenitor

English

Alternative forms

* progenitour (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A forefather, any of a person's direct ancestors.
  • An individual from whom one or more people (dynasty, tribe, nation...) are descended.
  • ''Abraham alias Ibrahim is the progenitor of both the Jewish and Arab peoples.
  • (biology) An ancestral form of a species
  • (figuratively) A predecessor of something, especially if also a precursor or model.
  • was the progenitor of the Internet.
  • (figuratively) Someone who originates something.
  • A founder.
  • Derived terms

    * legendary progenitor

    progenitorship

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The state of being a progenitor.
  • (Webster 1913)