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progenitor | x |

As a noun progenitor

is a forefather, any of a person's direct ancestors.

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

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

    Related terms

    * progeny

    x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
    • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.

    • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike

    • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
    • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----