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Webster 1913 Edition


Ancestral

An-ces′tral

(?; 277)
,
Adj.
Of, pertaining to, derived from, or possessed by, an ancestor or ancestors;
as, an
ancestral
estate
.
Ancestral trees.”
Hemans.

Webster 1828 Edition


Ancestral

AN'CESTRAL

,
Adj.
Relating or belonging to ancestors; claimed or descending from ancestors; as, an ancestral estate.

Definition 2024


ancestral

ancestral

English

Alternative forms

Adjective

ancestral (not comparable)

  1. Of, pertaining to, derived from, or possessed by, an ancestor or ancestors; as, an ancestral estate.

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French

Etymology

From the Old French adjective ancestrel, from the noun ancestre (ancestor), from Late Latin antecessor, 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 *kesd-o- (to avoid or to go away), from the Proto-Indo-European *ked- (to yield or to go).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.sɛs.tʁal/

Adjective

ancestral m (feminine singular ancestrale, masculine plural ancestraux, feminine plural ancestrales)

  1. ancestral

References

  • ancestral” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).

Portuguese

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 *kesd-o- (to avoid or to go away), from the Proto-Indo-European *ked- (to yield or to go).

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌɐ̃.ses.ˈtraw/
  • (Carioca) IPA(key): /ˌɐ̃.seʃ.ˈtraw/

Adjective

ancestral m, f (plural ancestrais, comparable)

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

Synonyms

Noun

ancestral m f (plural ancestrais)

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

Synonyms

References

  • ancestral” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).

Spanish

Etymology

From the Old French adjective ancestrel, from the noun ancestre (ancestor), from Late Latin 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 latter from Proto-Italic *kesd-o- (to avoid or to go away), from the Proto-Indo-European *ked- (to yield or to go).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /an.θes.ˈtral/

Adjective

ancestral m, f (plural ancestrales)

  1. ancestral

References

  • ancestral” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).