pro ‧ gen ‧ i ‧ tor /prəʊˈdʒenətə, prəʊˈdʒenɪtə $ proʊˈdʒenətər/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: progignere 'to produce young' ]
1 . formal someone who first thought of an idea
progenitor of
a progenitor of cubism
2 . technical a person or animal that lived in the past, to whom someone or something living now is related SYN ancestor