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
Mark Kortepeter, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2024
At the top of the third episode, the Jackal assumes the role of some dead rich person’s brokenhearted progeny, visiting a high-end German funeral home to extract sensitive information from its computer system.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 28 Nov. 2024
He was succeeded by Rin-Tin-Tin Jr., the dog's actual progeny who starred in 14 films in the 1930s, mainly Westerns.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 18 Sep. 2024
The custom-residential markets of Washington, D.C., Delaware, and Virginia each share in the distinction of being mostly concerned with country- and suburban-specific renovation and restoration, specifically of Colonial and Colonial Revival prototypes and their progeny.
—Richard Olsen, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Progeny.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/progeny. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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