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- Latin · derived fromprōgenitor
- Middle French · derived fromprogeniteur
- Anglo-Norman · derived fromprogenitour
- Middle English · inherited fromprogenitour
- English todayprogenitor
From Middle English progenitour, from Anglo-Norman progenitour, Middle French progeniteur (Modern French progéniteur), and their etymon Latin prōgenitor, from prōgenitus, perfect participle of prōgignere (“to beget”), itself from prō- (“forth”) + gignere (“to beget”). By surface analysis, pro- (“prior, fore-”) + genitor.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.