ancestry

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Related terms 1.3.2 Translations

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[edit] Etymology

Cf. Old French ancesserie. See ancestor.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˈæn.sɛs.tɹi/

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ancestry (plural ancestries)

1. Condition as to ancestors; ancestral lineage; hence, birth or honorable descent.

   Title and ancestry render a good man more illustrious, but an ill one more contemptible. -Addison.

2. A series of ancestors or progenitors; lineage, or those who compose the line of natural descent.

[edit] Related terms

• ancestor

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