progeny
noun
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The Lineage of Progeny
Progeny is the progeny of the Latin verb prōgignere, meaning "to beget." That Latin word is itself an offspring of the prefix pro-, meaning "forth," and gignere, which can mean "to beget" or "to bring forth." Gignere has produced a large family of English descendants, including benign (meaning "mild" or "harmless"), congenital (meaning "inherent"), engine, genius, germ, indigenous, ingenuous, and malign. Gignere even paired up with pro- again to produce a close relative of progeny: the noun progenitor can mean "an ancestor in the direct line," "a biologically ancestral form," or "a precursor or originator."
Examples of progeny in a Sentence
Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 30 Sep. 2024
Camouflage patterns and rasta colors adorn noticeably giddy attendees of all ages as the iconic musician’s progeny share his music and its timeless message.
—Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2024
His challengers this time were not Wall Street bankers but his own progeny.
—Peter Bart, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2024
General Hospital has recast the pair’s progeny, Aiden Spencer, with actor Colin Cassidy, beginning with the Sept. 30 episode, Soap Opera Digest reports.
—Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 30 Sep. 2024
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“Progeny.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/progeny. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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