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ancestor
English
Alternative forms
- ancestour (obsolete)
- auncestor (obsolete)
- auncestour (obsolete)
Etymology
Middle English ancestre, auncestre, ancessour; the first forms from Old French ancestre (modern French ancêtre), from the Latin nominative antecessor one who goes before; the last form from Old French ancessor, from Latin accusative antecessorem, from antecedo (“to go before”); ante (“before”) + cedo (“to go”). See cede, and compare with antecessor.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?æn.s?s.t?/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?æn.s?s.t?/
- Hyphenation: an?ces?tor
Noun
ancestor (plural ancestors)
- One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a forefather.
- An earlier type; a progenitor
- (law) One from whom an estate has descended;—the correlative of heir.
- (figuratively) One who had the same role or function in former times.
- (linguistics) A word or phrase which serves as the origin of a term in another language.
Usage notes
- There is a rare feminine form ancestress
Synonyms
- (person from whom one is descended): forebear, fore-elder, forefather
- (previous fulfiller of a role or duty): predecessor
- (originating word): reflex, source, origin
Antonyms
- descendant
- afterbear
Derived terms
- cenancestor
- trancestor
- grandcestor
- ancestry
Translations
Verb
ancestor (third-person singular simple present ancestors, present participle ancestoring, simple past and past participle ancestored)
- (transitive) To be an ancestor of.
Anagrams
- Canteros, Conatser, carstone, enactors, entosarc, sarconet, sortance
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consanguine
English
Etymology
From French consanguin.
Adjective
consanguine (not comparable)
- Related by birth or "by blood", i.e. having close ancestors in common.
- Synonym: consanguineous
- Antonym: affinal
Related terms
- consanguinuity
Translations
Noun
consanguine (plural consanguines)
- A person related to another by birth.
French
Adjective
consanguine
- feminine singular of consanguin
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