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

Noun

pl -tries

1. family descent: of Japanese ancestry

2. origin or roots: a vehicle whose ancestry dated back to the 1950s

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

Translations

ancestry [ˈænsɪstrɪ] n → ascendencia, abolengo

ancestry [ˈænsɪstrɪ] n → ancêtres mpl; ascendance f

ancestry [ˈænsɪstrɪ] ancestor n → Abstammung f

ancestry [ˈænsɪstrɪ] n → antenati mpl; ascendenza