Offshoot
Offshoot noun - Something that naturally develops or is developed from something else.
Usage example: opened a shop selling fancy foods as an offshoot of their very successful restaurant
Prototype
Prototype noun - Something belonging to an earlier time from which something else was later developed.
Usage example: the Greek epic that is the prototype of the hero myth
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