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Plural / 3rd person of ancestor. Showing the entry for ancestor.

ancestor

an·ces·tor

UK/ˈæn.sɛs.tə/ US/ˈæn.sɛs.tɚ/ fairly common

noun

1.

someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)

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Origin

From Middle English ancestre, auncestre, ancessour; the first forms from Old French ancestre (modern French ancêtre), from the Latin nominative antecessor (“one who goes before”); the last form from Old French ancessor, from Latin antecessōrem, accusative of antecessor, from antecēdō (“to go before”) + -tor (“-er”), from ante- (“before”) + cēdō (“to go”).

Phrases

  • ancestor spirit
  • ancestor worship
  • apical ancestor
  • common ancestor
  • last universal ancestor
  • last universal common ancestor

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