ancestral
English
Alternative forms
- ancestrall (obsolete)
- auncestral (obsolete)
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman ancestrel, from ancestre (“ancestor”).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ænˈsɛs.təɹ.əl/, /ænˈsɛs.tɹəl/
Adjective
ancestral (not comparable)
- Of, pertaining to, derived from, or possessed by, an ancestor or ancestors
- an ancestral estate
- one's ancestral home
Derived terms
Translations
References
- “ancestral” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.
French
Etymology
From the Old French adjective ancestrel, from the noun ancestre (“ancestor”), from Late Latin antecessor, an agent noun from the past participle stem of Latin antecedere (“to proceed”), from the prefix ante- with the infinitive cedere (“to go”), the former from Proto-Italic *kesd-o- (“to avoid or to go away”), from the Proto-Indo-European *ked- (“to yield or to go”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃.sɛs.tʁal/
Adjective
ancestral (feminine singular ancestrale, masculine plural ancestraux, feminine plural ancestrales)
Further reading
- “ancestral” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Portuguese
Etymology
From the Old French adjective ancestrel, from the noun ancestre (“ancestor”), from Late Latin antecessor (“predecessor”), an agent noun from the past participle stem of Latin antecedere (“to proceed”), from the prefix ante- with the infinitive cedere (“to go”), the former from Proto-Italic *kesd-o- (“to avoid or to go away”), from the Proto-Indo-European *ked- (“to yield or to go”).
Adjective
ancestral m or f (plural ancestrais, comparable)
Noun
ancestral m, f (plural ancestrais)
- ancestor; forefather (someone from whom a person is descended)
Spanish
Etymology
From the Old French ancestrel, from the noun ancestre (“ancestor”), from Late Latin predecessor, an agent noun from the past participle stem of Latin antecedere (“to proceed”), from the prefix ante- with the infinitive cedere (“to go”), the latter from Proto-Italic *kesd-o- (“to avoid or to go away”), from the Proto-Indo-European *ked- (“to yield or to go”).
Pronunciation
- (Castilian) IPA(key): /anθesˈtɾal/, [ãn̟θesˈt̪ɾal]
- (Latin America) IPA(key): /ansesˈtɾal/, [ãnsesˈt̪ɾal]
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “ancestral” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.