Origin and Progenitor

Origin

Origin noun - A point or place at which something is invented or provided.

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Progenitor and origin are semantically related in person topic. In some cases you can use "Progenitor" instead a noun "Origin", when it comes to topics like producer, cause.

Nearby Words: original, originality, origination, originated, originally

Progenitor

Progenitor noun - A person who is several generations earlier in an individual's line of descent.

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Origin and progenitor are semantically related in person topic. Sometimes you can use "Origin" instead a noun "Progenitor", if it concerns topics such as producer.

Nearby Words: progenitress, progenitrix, progenitive

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known	known origin	known progenitor
common	common origin	common progenitor
original	original origin	original progenitor
likely	likely origin	likely progenitor
Other adjectives: real, supposed, ancient, new, apparent, fictional, mythological, biblical, genetic.

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This trope is the origin of both the Angels and mankind, having been created when an ancestral alien species sent out progenitor beings (dubbed "Seeds of Life") billions of years in the past to different planets to seed intelligent life.

Source: Fling a Light into the Future
Monster Progenitor: When Jade is recovering, she has a vision of the origin of the Oni race — the first Oni was a Half-Human Hybrid named Kagehime who escaped from the Underworld and created the first Shadowkhan (Hiruzen) from her shadow to help her get food.

Source: Fan Fic / Queen of All Oni

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