progeny
AI In plain words
Writing a short explanation…
Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.
progeny
- /ˈpɹɒd͡ʒəni/ UK
- /ˈpɹɑd͡ʒəni/ US
Where it comes from
From Middle English progenie, from Old French progenie, from Latin prōgeniēs, from prōgignō (“beget”).
noun progenies
- Offspring or descendants considered as a group. I treasure this five-generation photograph of my great-great grandmother and her progeny.
- Descent, lineage, ancestry. Beſides, all French and France exclaimes on thee, / Doubting thy Birth and lawfull Progenie. / Who ioyn’ſt thou with, but with a Lordly Nation, / That will not truſt thee, but for profits ſake ?
- A result of a creative effort. His dissertation is his most important intellectual progeny to date.
