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Why do “progeny” and “progenitor” have opposite meanings?
Nov 16, 2022 2:22 AM
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Progeny is a descendant or the descendants of a person, animal, or plant, offspring. Progenitor a person or thing of which a person, animal, or plant is descended or originates, an ancestor or a parent. It also could be a person who originates a culture or intellectual movement.
November 16, 2022
-tor indicates doing something An orator orates or makes orations. An instructor instructs. A progenitor makes progeny. Neither word is very common.
November 16, 2022
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