ancestry

an·ces·try  (nsstr)

n. pl. an·ces·tries

1. Ancestral descent or lineage.

2. Ancestors considered as a group.

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[Middle English auncestrie, alteration (influenced by auncestre) of Old French ancesserie, from ancessour, ancestor, from Latin antecessor; see ancestor.]

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ancestry [ˈænsɛstrɪ]

n pl -tries

1. lineage or descent, esp when ancient, noble, or distinguished

2. ancestors collectively

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	ancestry - the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors" blood line, bloodline, lineage, pedigree, stemma, line of descent, parentage, blood, origin, descent, stock, line kinfolk, kinsfolk, phratry, family line, sept, folk, family - people descended from a common ancestor; "his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower" side - a family line of descent; "he gets his brains from his father's side" family tree, genealogy - successive generations of kin
	2.	ancestry - inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline filiation, lineage, derivation hereditary pattern, inheritance - (genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents descent, extraction, origin - properties attributable to your ancestry; "he comes from good origins" bloodline, pedigree - ancestry of a purebred animal

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ancestry

noun origin, house, family, line, race, stock, blood, ancestors, descent, pedigree, extraction, lineage, forebears, antecedents, parentage, forefathers, genealogy, derivation, progenitors They can trace their ancestry back to the seventeenth century.

Translations

ancestry [ˈænsɪstrɪ] N (= lineage) → ascendencia f, linaje m; (= noble birth) → abolengo m

ancestry [ˈænsɛstri] n

(= ancestors) → ancêtres mpl, aïeux mpl

(= lineage) → ascendance f
of Japanese ancestry → d'ascendance japonaise
to trace one's ancestry → constituer son arbre généalogique

ancestry

n (= descent) → Abstammung f, → Herkunft f; (= ancestors) → Ahnenreihe f, → Familie f; to trace one’s ancestry → seine Abstammung zurückverfolgen; of royal ancestry → königlicher Abstammung or Herkunft

ancestry [ˈænsɪstrɪ] n (origin) → lignaggio, ascendenza, stirpe f; (forebears) → antenati mpl