Progenitrix

noun

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Noun

1
A female progenitor, a foremother, any of a person's direct female ancestors (ancestresses).

Synonyms

ancestor ancestress ancestress foremother foremother mother

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin prōgenitrīx. By surface analysis, progenitor + -trix.

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