ancestral

Meaning

Adj

1. (feminine, masculine) ancestral (relating to ancestors)
2. (feminine, masculine) archaic (extremely old)

Noun

ancestor; forefather (someone from whom a person is descended)

Concepts

ancestor

ancestral

antecedent

ancestress

ascendant

forefather

progenitor

predecessors

primogenitor

root

Sire

eldmother

eldfather

ascendent

father

👨‍👦

forebear

foregoer

forerunner

parent

Synonyms

antepassado

antecessor

primeira

predecessor

progenitora

Antepassado

antecedente

avoenga

antecedentes

Translations

ancêtre

πρόγονος

antenato

avo

Ahn

voorouder

avantpassat

Ahne

antepasado

progenitor

ascendente

progenitore

ancestral

ancestral

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɐ̃.sesˈtɾaw/

Etymology

From the Old French adjective ancestrel, from the noun ancestre (“ancestor”), from Late Latin antecessor (“predecessor”), an agent noun from the past participle stem of Latin antecedere (“to proceed”), from the prefix ante- with the infinitive cedere (“to go”), the former from Proto-Italic *kezdō (“to avoid or to go away”), from the Proto-Indo-European *ked- (“to yield or to go”).