Ancestry meaning

Word: Ancestry

How to pronounce: ˈænsəstrɪ

Noun

Definitions:

1. One's family or ethnic descent.

Example sentences: "His Viking ancestry"

2. The origin or background of something.

Example sentences: "The book traces the ancestry of women's poetry"


Synonyms:

origin

pedigree

genealogy

lineage

descent

bloodline

blood

derivation

filiation

line

family tree

parentage


Derivations:

ancestor

ancestress

ancestral


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Ancestry in Other Languages...

Spanish: Ascendencia

German: Abstammung

French: Ancêtres

Italian: Ascendenza

Turkish: Soy