English
Etymology
Cf. Old French ancesserie. See Ancestor.
Pronunciation
IPA: WEAE /Ëæn.sÉs.tɹi/
Noun
ancestry
- Condition as to ancestors; ancestral lineage; hence, birth or honorable descent.
#: Title and ancestry render a good man more illustrious, but an ill one more contemptible. --Addison.
- A series of ancestors or progenitors; lineage, or those who compose the line of natural descent.
Related terms
ancestor
Translations
Dutch: voorouders, afstamming
Greek: γενεαλογία (yenealoyia) f, καÏαγÏγή (katagoge) f, Î³ÎµÎ½ÎµÎ±Î»Î¿Î³Î¹ÎºÏ Î´ÎνδÏο (yenealoyiko dentro) n, ÏÏÏγονοι (progoni) m plural
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Scottish Gaelic: sinnsearachd f
Serbian: poreklo, postanak, preci
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