transcription, транскрипция: [ prō-ˈje-nə-tər, prə- ]
noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French progenitour, from Latin progenitor, from progignere to beget, from pro- forth + gignere to beget — more at kin
Date: 14th century
1.
a. : an ancestor in the direct line : forefather
b. : a biologically ancestral form
2. : precursor , originator
progenitor s of socialist ideas — Times Literary Supplement
progenitor cells