genitor

[ jen-i-ter ]

noun
  1. a parent, especially a father.

Origin of genitor

1
1400–50; late Middle English <Latin, equivalent to geni- (variant stem of gignere to beget) + -tor-tor; cognate with Greek genétōr,Sanskrit janitar-

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genitor

/ (ˈdʒɛnɪtə, -tɔː) /


noun
  1. the biological father as distinguished from the pater or legal father

Origin of genitor

1
C15: from Latin, from gignere to beget

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