progenitor
[noun]
Synonyms: ancestor, antecedent(s), ascendant, forebear, forefather, primogenitor

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pro‧gen‧i‧tor /prəʊˈdʒenətə, prəʊˈdʒenɪtə $ proʊˈdʒenətər/ 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 Synonym : ancestor

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