ancestral C2 Topic:Law & Government US /ænˈsɛs.təɹ.əl/ See IPA manual Freq #16116 Meanings 1 adj inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent Ancestral home. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · inherited or inheritable by... transmissible More familialtraditionary Word family Related forms ancestry Common collocations ancestral home Adjective + noun Etymology From Anglo-Norman ancestrel, from ancestre (“ancestor”). ancestrel xno View etymology graph -> Topics Law & Government Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # ancestral **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ænˈsɛs.təɹ.əl/ **Frequency rank:** 16116 ## Meanings 1. inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent ## Examples - Ancestral home. ## Synonyms - transmissible - familial - traditionary ## Related Forms - ancestry ## Roots and Affixes - Root: ancestrel ## Etymology From Anglo-Norman ancestrel, from ancestre (“ancestor”). ## Topics - Law & Government - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown