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- [an-ses-tree or, esp. British, -suh-stree]
- /ˈæn sɛs tri or, esp. British, -sə stri/
- /ˈæn.ses.tri/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [an-ses-tree or, esp. British, -suh-stree]
- /ˈæn sɛs tri or, esp. British, -sə stri/
Definitions of ancestry word
- countable noun ancestry Your ancestry is the fact that you are descended from certain people. 3
- noun ancestry lineage or descent, esp when ancient, noble, or distinguished 3
- noun ancestry ancestors collectively 3
- noun ancestry family descent or lineage 3
- noun ancestry noble or distinguished descent 3
- noun plural ancestry family or ancestral descent; lineage. 1
Information block about the term
Origin of ancestry
First appearance:
before 1300 One of the 15% oldest English words
1300-50; Middle English, equivalent to ancestre ancestor + -y3; replacing Middle English aunce(s)trie < Anglo-French
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Parts of speech for Ancestry
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
ancestry popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 94% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
ancestry usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for ancestry
noun ancestry
- origin — something from which anything arises or is derived; source; fountainhead: to follow a stream to its origin.
- parentage — derivation or descent from parents or ancestors; birth, origin, or lineage: a man of distinguished parentage.
- descent — A descent is a movement from a higher to a lower level or position.
- genealogy — a record or account of the ancestry and descent of a person, family, group, etc.
- antecedent — An antecedent of something happened or existed before it and was similar to it in some way.
Antonyms for ancestry
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