progenitorとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• progenitour (obsolete)

語源

From 中期英語 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.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /pɹəʊˈd͡ʒɛn.ɪ.tə/, /pɹəˈd͡ʒɛn.ə.tə/
• (米国発音) IPA: /pɹoʊˈd͡ʒɛn.ɪ.tɚ/, /pɹəˈd͡ʒɛn.ə.tɚ/
• ハイフネーション: pro‧ge‧ni‧tor

名詞

progenitor (plural progenitors)

1. A forefather, any of a person's direct ancestors.

   Synonyms: ancestor, forefather

   Coordinate terms: progenitrix, foremother

2. A person from whom one or more people (dynasty, tribe, nation…) are descended.

   Abraham, alias Ibrahim, is the presumed progenitor of both the Jewish and Arab peoples.

3. (biology) An ancestral form of a species.
4. (figuratively) A predecessor of something, especially if also a precursor or model.

   ARPANET was the progenitor of the Internet.

   Are neural progenitor cells infected by Zika virus?

5. (figuratively) Someone who originates something.
6. A founder.

派生語

関連する語

• progenitive, progeny

参照

Further reading

• progenitor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

アナグラム

• troopering

発音

• (Classical Latin) IPA: [proːˈɡɛ.nɪ.tɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: [proˈd͡ʒɛː.ni.tor]

名詞

prōgenitor m (genitive prōgenitōris); third declension

1. (rare) ancestor, progenitor

語形変化

Third-declension noun.

等位語

• prōgenitrīx

派生した語

参照

• “progenitor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “progenitor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “progenitor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.