In this manner, Japheth was considered the progenitor of the European nations, while the inhabitants of the greater portion of Asia were looked upon as the descendants of Shem; and those of Africa, of Ham.
Source: tatoeba (11771518)
Progenitor
//pɹoʊˈd͡ʒɛn.ɪ.tɚ//
Synonyms for "progenitor" (43 found)
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Related words (21)
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1 entriesTranslations
105 translations across 27 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- πρόγονος noun (any of a person's direct ancestors)
- πρόγονος noun (an individual from which (a) people(s) descend)
Bulgarian
4 entries- основател noun (someone who originates something)
- прародител noun (an individual from which (a) people(s) descend)
- предше́ственик noun (a predecessor of something)
- предшественик noun (any of a person's direct ancestors)
Catalan
2 entries- progenitor noun (any of a person's direct ancestors)
- progenitora noun (any of a person's direct ancestors)
Cebuano
2 entries- giliwatan noun (any of a person's direct ancestors)
- giliwatan noun (an individual from which (a) people(s) descend)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 先祖 noun (any of a person's direct ancestors)
- 祖先 noun (any of a person's direct ancestors)
Crimean Tatar
1 entries- ecdat noun (any of a person's direct ancestors)
Czech
4 entries- praotec noun (any of a person's direct ancestors)
- předchůdce noun (a predecessor of something)
- předek noun (any of a person's direct ancestors)
- zakladatel noun (someone who originates something)
Danish
4 entries- forfader noun (any of a person's direct ancestors)
- grundlægger noun (someone who originates something)
- stamfader noun (an individual from which (a) people(s) descend)
- stifter noun (someone who originates something)
Dutch
4 entries- grondlegger noun (someone who originates something)
- patriarch noun (an individual from which (a) people(s) descend)
- stamvader noun (an individual from which (a) people(s) descend)
- stamvorm noun (an ancestral form of a species)
Finnish
4 entries- edeltäjä noun (a predecessor of something)
- esi-isä noun (any of a person's direct ancestors)
- isä noun (someone who originates something)
- kantaisä noun (any of a person's direct ancestors)
German
4 entries- Ahn noun (any of a person's direct ancestors)
- Erzeuger noun (someone who originates something)
- Erzeugerin noun (someone who originates something)
- Stammvater noun (an individual from which (a) people(s) descend)
Greek
4 entries- γεννήτορας noun (any of a person's direct ancestors)
- γεννήτορας noun (someone who originates something)
- πατριάρχης noun (an individual from which (a) people(s) descend)
- πρόγονος noun (any of a person's direct ancestors)
Hindi
4 entries- जनक noun (someone who originates something)
- पुरखा noun (an individual from which (a) people(s) descend)
- पूर्वज noun (any of a person's direct ancestors)
- पूर्वज noun (a predecessor of something)
Irish
3 entries- sinsear noun (any of a person's direct ancestors)
- sinsear noun (an individual from which (a) people(s) descend)
- sinsear noun (an ancestral form of a species)
Kazakh
2 entries- арғы ата noun (any of a person's direct ancestors)
- ата-баба noun (any of a person's direct ancestors)
Latin
1 entries- prōgenitor noun (any of a person's direct ancestors)
Māori
3 entries- tipuna noun (an individual from which (a) people(s) descend)
- uretū noun (any of a person's direct ancestors)
- uretū noun (an individual from which (a) people(s) descend)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- stamfar noun (any of a person's direct ancestors)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- stamfar noun (any of a person's direct ancestors)
Polish
4 entries- pomysłodawca noun (someone who originates something)
- poprzednik noun (a predecessor of something)
- prekursor noun (someone who originates something)
- przodek noun (any of a person's direct ancestors)
Portuguese
3 entries- progenitor noun (any of a person's direct ancestors)
- progenitor noun (an individual from which (a) people(s) descend)
- progenitor noun (a predecessor of something)
Romanian
4 entries- precursor noun (a predecessor of something)
- predecesor noun (a predecessor of something)
- străbun noun (any of a person's direct ancestors)
- străbună noun (any of a person's direct ancestors)
Russian
4 entries- основа́тель noun (someone who originates something)
- прароди́тель noun (any of a person's direct ancestors)
- пре́док noun (any of a person's direct ancestors)
- предте́ча noun (a predecessor of something)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- gineadair noun (any of a person's direct ancestors)
- neach-stèidheachaidh noun (someone who originates something)
- ro-theachdaire noun (a predecessor of something)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- оснивач noun (someone who originates something)
- прародитељ noun (any of a person's direct ancestors)
- претеча noun (a predecessor of something)
- творац noun (someone who originates something)
Spanish
1 entries- progenitor noun (any of a person's direct ancestors)
Turkish
4 entries- ata noun (any of a person's direct ancestors)
- ata noun (an ancestral form of a species)
- cet noun (any of a person's direct ancestors)
- cet noun (an individual from which (a) people(s) descend)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
The progenitor of the human race was named Tom.
Source: tatoeba (12299148)
The high priest Aaron is said to be the progenitor of the Jewish priests, the kohanim.
Source: tatoeba (12338112)
Our progenitor was a preeminent rabbi in Lodz.
Source: tatoeba (12338120)
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