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progenitive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pro-gen-i-tive
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Being able to produce offspring; reproductive.

Etymology

From Latin prōgenitus (past participle of prōgignō) + -ive.

Word Breakdown

  • Suffix: la:prōgenitus prōgignō >

Inflected Forms

more progenitive (comparative) most progenitive (superlative)

Derived Forms

philoprogenitive polyphiloprogenitive progenitiveness

Frequently Paired Words

progenitor progeny

Synonyms

procreative

Questions

What does progenitive mean?
Being able to produce offspring; reproductive.
Where does progenitive come from?
From Latin prōgenitus (past participle of prōgignō) + -ive.

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