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 prō-, meaning “forth,” and gignere, which can mean “to beget” or “to bring forth.” Gignere has produced a large family of English descendants, including benign, engine, genius, germ, indigenous, and genuine. Gignere even paired up with prō- 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
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
1 July 2026
That that fondness would define the very identity of her progeny?
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Barry Levitt,
Time,
19 June 2026
In a sport that is all about parents and their progeny, that’s a big deal.
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Graham Cornwell,
New York Times,
19 June 2026
Watching their metronomic thriller does more to suggest the arrival of a hyper-sexualized answer to the Coen brothers than the progeny of William Gibson or the progenitors of multiplex psychedelia.
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Nick Newman,
IndieWire,
1 June 2026
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Cite this Entry
“Progeny.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/progeny. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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