genitor
noun/ˈd͡ʒɛnɪtə(ɹ)/
Etymology From Middle English genitour, from Old French genitor, geneteur, from Latin genitor, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tōr; the Latin is also equivalent to genō + -tor.
1
a biological parent (either male or female), or the direct cause of an offspring.
2
a generator; an originator
- […]prophane legends (though termed by their Genitours and forefathers, Aureæ Legendæ, Golden Legends)[…]1616, Richard Sheldon, “A Briefe Prelude, Shewing the Pseudo-Christianisme of Papists, in respect of their lying Signes, and Wonders”, in A Survey of the Miracles of the Church of Rome, prouing them to be Antichristian. […], London: […] Edward Griffin for Nathaniel Butter, page 12:
3
In plural, Obsolete The genitals
- The same[…]healeth all paine and swellings of the genitors or stones.1579, William Langham, The Garden of Health:
- Synonyms
- biofather, biomother, bioparent, birthfather, birthmother, birthparent
- Related terms
- progenitor, progenitrix
- Coordinate terms
- genetrix, genitrix