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Ancestral
An-ces′tral
Webster 1828 Edition
Ancestral
AN'CESTRAL
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ancestral
ancestral
English
Alternative forms
- ancestrall (obsolete)
- auncestral (obsolete)
Adjective
ancestral (not comparable)
- 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)
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
Adjective
ancestral m, f (plural ancestrais, comparable)
Synonyms
Noun
ancestral m f (plural ancestrais)
- 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)
References
- “ancestral” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).