different between forefather vs procreator

English

Etymology

From Middle English forefader, forfader, vorvader, from Old English f?refæder (“forefather”), but possibly also merged with Old Norse forfaðir. Equivalent to fore- +? father. Compare Dutch voorvader (“forefather”), German Vorvater, Vorfahr (“forefather”), Danish forfader (“forefather”), Swedish förfader (“forefather”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: fô?fä'th?, IPA^(key): /?f???f??ð?/
• (General American) enPR: fôr?fä'th?r, IPA^(key): /?f???f??ð?/

Noun

forefather (plural forefathers)

1. Ancestor.^Wp

   • His forefathers had been, as a rule, professional men—physicians and lawyers; his grandfather died under the walls of Chapultepec Castle while twisting a tourniquet for a cursing dragoon; an uncle remained indefinitely at Malvern Hill; an only brother at Montauk Point having sickened in the trenches before Santiago.

2. Cultural ancestor; one who originated an idea or tradition.

Translations

English

Noun

procreator (plural procreators)

1. One who procreates; a father or mother.
2. (figuratively) One who originates or creates something.

Translations

Latin

Verb

pr?cre?tor

1. second-person singular future passive imperative of pr?cre?
2. third-person singular future passive imperative of pr?cre?

References

• procreator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• procreator in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• procreator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.