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Why do “progeny” and “progenitor” have opposite meanings?
16 nov 2022 02:22
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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.
16 novembre 2022
-tor indicates doing something
An orator orates or makes orations.
An instructor instructs.
A progenitor makes progeny.
Neither word is very common.
16 novembre 2022
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Cinese (mandarino), Cinese (Shanghai), Inglese, Giapponese
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Inglese
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