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1. (n.) ancestry
ancestral descent; lineage.
2. ancestry
honorable or distinguished descent:
famous by title and ancestry.
3. ancestry
a series of ancestors.
4. ancestry
the origin of a phenomenon, object, idea, or style.
5. ancestry
the history or developmental process of a phenomenon, object, idea, or style.
Etymology: (1300–50)
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| Definition of 'ancestry' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock
the descendants of one individual
"his entire lineage has been warriors"
2. (noun) ancestry, lineage, derivation, filiation
inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline
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1. (noun) ancestry
all family members from the past
Canadians of French ancestry
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| Definition of 'ancestry' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) ancestry
condition as to ancestors; ancestral lineage; hence, birth or honorable descent
2. (noun) ancestry
a series of ancestors or progenitors; lineage, or those who compose the line of natural descent
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Sense: a line of ancestors coming down to one's parents
He is of noble ancestry.
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 Afrikaans: voorgeslagte |
 Arabic: سِلْسِلَة السَّلَف وَالأج |
 Bulgarian: произходи |
 Brazilian: linhagem |
 Czech: původ, rod |
 German: die Abstammung |
 Danish: slægt |
 Greek: καταγωγή |
 Spanish: ascendencia, linaje, esti |
 Estonian: sünnipära |
 Farsi: اصل و نسب؛ تبار |
 Finnish: sukuperä |
 French: ascendance |
 Hebrew: יִיחוּס, מוֹצָא |
 Hindi: वंश |
 Croatian: porijeklo |
 Hungarian: származás |
 Indonesian: keturunan |
 Icelandic: forfeður, ætterni |
 Italian: ascendenza, lignaggio |
 Japanese: 家系 |
 Korean: 가계 |
 Lithuanian: kilmė |
 Latvian: senči; priekšteči; izcelš |
 Malay: nenek moyang |
 Dutch: afkomst |
 Norwegian: slekt,ætt, formødre/-fedr |
 Polish: ród, pochodzenie |
 Persian: اصل و نسب؛ تبار |
 Pashto: اصل او نسب ، ټبر |
 Portuguese: linhagem |
 Romanian: origine |
 Russian: происхождение |
 Slovak: pôvod |
 Slovenian: izvor |
 Serbian: poreklo |
 Swedish: börd |
 Thai: วงศ์ตระกูล |
 Turkish: ecdat, atalar |
 Taiwanese: 世系 |
 Ukrainian: предки; рід |
 Urdu: شجرہِ نسب ، حسب نسب |
 Vietnamese: dòng dõi |
 Chinese: 世系 |
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