Progeny Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

The meaning of PROGENY is descendants, children. How to use progeny in a sentence. The Lineage of Progeny. Login SignUp Hello, Games&Quizzes Thesaurus WordoftheDay Features BuyingGuide M-WBooks JoinMWU MyWordsMyWords ViewRecents Account LogOut progeny noun SaveWord prog·​e·​ny |\ˈprä-jə-nē \ pluralprogenies Definitionofprogeny 1a :descendants,children b :offspringofanimalsorplants 2 :outcome,product 3 :abodyoffollowers,disciples,orsuccessors Synonyms TheLineageofProgeny ExampleSentences LearnMoreAboutprogeny Synonymsforprogeny Synonyms fruit, get, issue, offspring, posterity, seed, spawn VisittheThesaurusforMore  TheLineageofProgeny ProgenyistheprogenyoftheLatinverbprōgignere,meaning"tobeget."ThatLatinwordisitselfanoffspringoftheprefixpro-,meaning"forth,"andgignere,whichcanmean"tobeget"or"tobringforth."GignerehasproducedalargefamilyofEnglishdescendants,includingbenign(meaning"mild"or"harmless"),congenital(meaning"inherent"),engine,genius,germ,indigenous,ingenuous,andmalign.Gignereevenpairedupwithpro-againtoproduceacloserelativeofprogeny:thenounprogenitorcanmean"anancestorinthedirectline,""abiologicallyancestralform,"or"aprecursorororiginator." ExamplesofprogenyinaSentence ManyAmericansaretheprogenyofimmigrants. Thesmallplantsaretheprogenyofanoaktree. Theirworkistheprogenyofmanyearlierstudies. SeeMore RecentExamplesontheWeb Generals’childrentendtomarrywithintightcircles,perhapstoothermilitaryprogenyortheoffspringofbusinesscronies. — NewYorkTimes,24Dec.2021 Ashamedthathergrandsonnevervisits,Mrs.PalfreypassesoffLudovic,ahandsome,strugglingwriter,asherprogeny. — CharlieTyson,TheNewYorker,2Feb.2022 TheonlypossibleoutcomeforNewBloodthatwillleavefanswiththesenseofthisallhavingbeenworthsomethingisforthischaractertodieandmakewayforsomethingnewintheformofhisprogeny. — KellyMcclure,Vulture,28Dec.2021 WhileCavallariandConradoptedoutofthereboot,actressMischaBartonandBrandonLee—progenyofPamelaAndersonandTommyLee—joinedinonthe(unscripted)drama. — LesterFabianBrathwaite,EW.com,19Jan.2022 Boomers,ourlegacycanextendwellbeyondourprogeny. — WSJ,17Jan.2022 Individualsuits,knownastheEngleprogenycases,havebeenworkingthroughtheFloridacourtseversince,somesuccessfullyandsomenot. — NewYorkTimes,3Dec.2021 GiraffeCentreservesasasanctuaryfortheseanimals,breedingthecaptiveherdandreleasingtheirprogenytocreatewildpopulationsthroughoutKenya’snationalparks. — AliWunderman,CondéNastTraveler,7Dec.2021 Inthe12yearsRuPaul’sDragRaceanditsprogenyhavebeenontheair,preciousfewepisodeshaveculminatedinafull-blownLipSyncforYourLifefiasco. — RebeccaAlter,Vulture,3Dec.2021 Theseexamplesentencesareselectedautomaticallyfromvariousonlinenewssourcestoreflectcurrentusageoftheword'progeny.'ViewsexpressedintheexamplesdonotrepresenttheopinionofMerriam-Websteroritseditors.Sendusfeedback. SeeMore FirstKnownUseofprogeny 14thcentury,inthemeaningdefinedatsense1a HistoryandEtymologyforprogeny MiddleEnglishprogenie,borrowedfromAnglo-French,borrowedfromLatinprōgeniēs,fromprōgen-,variantstemofprōgignere"toproduceasoffspring,bringintobeing"+-iēs,deverbalanddenominalnounsuffix—moreatprogenitor LearnMoreAboutprogeny Shareprogeny PosttheDefinitionofprogenytoFacebook SharetheDefinitionofprogenyonTwitter TimeTravelerforprogeny Thefirstknownuseofprogenywas inthe14thcentury Seemorewordsfromthesamecentury ListentoOurPodcastAboutprogeny ThememusicbyJoshuaStamper©2006NewJerusalemMusic/ASCAP GetWordoftheDaydeliveredtoyourinbox! SignUp FromtheEditorsatMerriam-Webster On'Prodigy'and'Progeny' On'Prodigy'and'Progeny' Theappledoesn’tfallfarfromthetree. HowEnglishGotFrenchified HowEnglishGotFrenchified Andwoundupwithpairsofwords—onefancy,onenot—forthesamethings DictionaryEntriesNearprogeny progeniture progeny progenytest SeeMoreNearbyEntries  Statisticsforprogeny LastUpdated 27Feb2022 Look-upPopularity CitethisEntry “Progeny.”Merriam-Webster.comDictionary,Merriam-Webster,https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/progeny.Accessed15Mar.2022. Style:MLA MLA Chicago APA Merriam-Webster MoreDefinitionsforprogeny progeny noun prog·​e·​ny |\ˈprä-jə-nē \ pluralprogenies KidsDefinitionofprogeny :humandescendantsoranimaloffspring progeny noun prog·​e·​ny |\ˈpräj-(ə-)nē \ pluralprogenies Medical Definitionofprogeny :offspringofanimalsorplants MorefromMerriam-Websteronprogeny Nglish:TranslationofprogenyforSpanishSpeakers BritannicaEnglish:TranslationofprogenyforArabicSpeakers WORDOFTHEDAY gregarious SeeDefinitionsandExamples» GetWordoftheDaydailyemail! 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