ancestral

English

Alternative forms

• ancestrall (obsolete)
• auncestral (obsolete)

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman ancestrel, from ancestre (“ancestor”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ænˈsɛs.təɹ.əl/, /ænˈsɛs.tɹəl/

Adjective

ancestral (not comparable)

1. Of, pertaining to, derived from, or possessed by, an ancestor or ancestors

   an ancestral estate

   one's ancestral home

Derived terms

• ancestrally

Translations

pertaining to ancestors

• Catalan: ancestral
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 祖先的 (zh) (zǔxiān de), 祖傳的／祖传的 (zh), 祖传的 (zh) (zǔchuán de)

• Finnish: perintö-, esi-isiltä peritty
• French: ancestral (fr)
• Galician: ancestral
• German: Ahnen- (de), Vorfahren-, der Vorfahren (postpositioned), angestammt (de), altüberliefert
• Ido: ancestrala (io)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Interlingue:
• Italian: ancestrale (it) m or f, atavico (it), primordiale (it), avito (it)
• Japanese: 先祖の (そせんの, sosen no)
• Latin: paternus, maternus
• Portuguese: ancestral (pt)
• Romanian: ancestral (ro)
• Russian: пото́мственный (ru) (potómstvennyj)
• Spanish: ancestral (es)
• Telugu: పిత్రార్జితము (te) (pitrārjitamu)

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “ancestral”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

• Lancaster, renal cast

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French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.sɛs.tʁal/

Adjective

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

1. ancestral

Further reading

• “ancestral”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

Synonyms

• (extremely old): arcaico, antigo

Noun

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

Synonyms

• progenitor, antepassado, ascendente, avoengo

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Spanish

Etymology

From the Old French 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): (Spain) /anθesˈtɾal/ [ãn̟.θesˈt̪ɾal]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ansesˈtɾal/ [ãn.sesˈt̪ɾal]

Adjective

ancestral m or f (masculine and feminine plural ancestrales)

1. ancestral

Derived terms

• ancestralidad
• ancestralmente

Related terms

• ancestro

Further reading

• “ancestral”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28