US /ˈænsɛstri/ UK /ˈænsɪstri/
noun

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    one's family or ethnic descent; lineage

    He traced his ancestry back to medieval Provence.

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Synonyms
1 noun · one's family or ethnic... lineagedescentheritagepedigreeextractionstockbloodlineparentage
Word family
Related forms ancestorancestral

Etymology

From Middle English ancestrie, an alteration of Old French ancesserie, from ancestre ('ancestor'), from Latin antecessor ('predecessor'), from antecedere ('to go before'), from ante- ('before') + cedere ('to go').

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