An ancestor (antonym of descendant)
(Old Poet.) A father or forefather
An ancestor.
stemmas
A family tree or recorded genealogy
An originator; a founder:
An ancestor; forefather
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Eve is defined as evening, or the day or night before a holiday, or the period of time before an event.
Precursor is defined as something that led to the creation of something similar but new.
Descent; lineage; ancestry
The father and ruler of a family or tribe, as one of the founders of the ancient Hebrew families: in the Bible, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Jacob's twelve sons were patriarchs
Parental descent from a father
Ancestry; family; stock
Descent from an ancestor; pedigree; lineage
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A forebear, an ancestor, a predecessor
An ancestor
The act or process of extracting; specif., the extracting of a tooth by a dentist
A clergyman authorized to administer all the sacraments.
Derivation is defined as something that is inspired by another source, or to the origin of something.
A system of religious worship or ritual
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Family descent or lineage
Someone who originates, creates or founds something.
Author is defined as someone who creates or writes something.
(Short for) mother of vinegar
An adoptive father
A mother or father
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A person who is akin to another by virtue of blood; that is a blood relation, such as sister, brother, aunt, uncle, parent, child, and so on.
patresfamilias
The father of a family; male head of a household
conceiver
One who, or that which, conceives.
inaugurator
Agent noun of inaugurate; one who inaugurates.
institutor
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The definition of a root is the part of the plant that is generally underground or the origin of something.
A person who is an offspring, however remote, of a certain ancestor, family, group, etc.
One's relatives or family:
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