English Explanatory Dictionary

ancestry

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The state of being ancestors.
  2. Birth to a noble or high-ranking family, or to someone of honorable descent.
  3. A series of ancestors; the people from whom one is descended.

Pronunciation

/ˈæn.sɛs.tɹi/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ancestry.wav

Word forms

ancestry ancestries ancestrie auncestrie auncestry

Etymology

From Middle English auncestrie, from Old French ancesserie. See ancestor.

Synonyms

provenance parentage descent lineage

Related words

ancestor ancestral

Derived words

coancestry

Translations

Albanian: prejardhja Asturian: llinaxe Asturian: ascendencia Catalan: llinatge Catalan: ascendència Dutch: voorouders Dutch: afstamming French: ascendance Galician: xaramea Galician: alcuña Galician: fonduxe Galician: castuaxe Galician: avoenga Galician: tronquidade Galician: ascendencia Galician: liñaxe German: Vorfahren Greek: γενεαλογία Greek: καταγωγή Greek: γενεαλογικό δένδρο Greek: πρόγονοι Italian: ascendenza Italian: stirpe Middle English: auncestrie Persian: پروز Polish: pochodzenie Portuguese: ascendência Russian: родосло́вная Russian: происхожде́ние Scottish Gaelic: sinnsearachd Serbo-Croatian: порекло Serbo-Croatian: поријекло Serbo-Croatian: poreklo Serbo-Croatian: porijeklo Serbo-Croatian: postanak Serbo-Croatian: preci Spanish: linaje Spanish: ascendencia Spanish: abolengo Spanish: alcurnia Welsh: ach
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