ancestor

Meaning

Frequency

C2
Hyphenated as
an‧ces‧tor
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈæn.sɛs.tɚ/
Etymology

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”). See cede, and compare with antecessor.

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