progenitor

柯林斯词典

1. N-COUNT A progenitor of someone is a direct ancestor of theirs. 祖先[正式] [usu with poss]
He was also a progenitor of seven presidents of Nicaragua. 他也是尼加拉瓜七位縂統的祖先。
2. N-COUNT The progenitor of an idea or invention is the person who first thought of it. 先敺; 創始人[正式] [usu with poss]
...Clive Sinclair, the progenitor of the C5 electric car. ...C5電動汽車的創始人尅萊夫·辛尅萊爾。