ancestry

an·ces·try

A0284700 (ăn′sĕs′trē)n. pl. an·ces·tries 1. Ancestral descent or lineage.2. Ancestors considered as a group.

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[Middle English auncestrie, alteration (influenced by auncestre, ancestor) of Old French ancesserie, from ancessour, ancestor, from Latin antecessor; see ancestor.]

ancestry

(ˈænsɛstrɪ) n, pl -tries1. lineage or descent, esp when ancient, noble, or distinguished2. ancestors collectively

an•ces•try

(ˈæn sɛs tri; esp. Brit. -sə stri)

n., pl. -tries. 1. ancestral descent; lineage. 2. honorable or distinguished descent: famous by title and ancestry. 3. a series of ancestors. 4. the origin of a phenomenon, object, idea, or style. 5. the history or developmental process of a phenomenon, object, idea, or style. [1300–50]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	ancestry - the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors"blood line, bloodline, lineage, pedigree, stemma, line of descent, parentage, blood, origin, descent, stock, linekinfolk, kinsfolk, phratry, family line, sept, folk, family - people descended from a common ancestor; "his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower"side - a family line of descent; "he gets his brains from his father's side"family tree, genealogy - successive generations of kin
	2.	ancestry - inherited properties shared with others of your bloodlinefiliation, lineage, derivationhereditary pattern, inheritance - (genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parentsdescent, extraction, origin - properties attributable to your ancestry; "he comes from good origins"bloodline, pedigree - ancestry of a purebred animal

ancestry

noun origin, house, family, line, race, stock, blood, ancestors, descent, pedigree, extraction, lineage, forebears, antecedents, parentage, forefathers, genealogy, derivation, progenitors They can trace their ancestry back to the seventeenth century.

ancestry

nounOne's ancestors or their character or one's ancestral derivation:birth, blood, bloodline, descent, extraction, family, genealogy, line, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, seed, stock.

Translations

世系

ancestor

(ˈӕnsistə) , ((American) -ses-) – feminine ˈancestress – noun a person who was a member of one's family a long time ago and from whom one is descended. 祖先 祖先anˈcestral (-ˈses-) adjective 祖先的 祖先的ˈancestry – plural ˈancestries – noun a line of ancestors coming down to one's parents. He is of noble ancestry. 世系 世系