ancestry
pronunciation
How to pronounce ancestry in British English:
UK [ˈænsestri]
How to pronounce ancestry in American English:
US [ˈænsestri]
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- Noun:
- the descendants of one individual
- inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline
Word Origin
- ancestry (n.)
- early 14c., from Old French ancesserie "ancestry, ancestors, forefathers," from ancestre (see ancestor); spelling modified in English by influence of ancestor.
Example
- 1. Zeno 's ancestry was probably not entirely greek .
- 2. Many of the early settlers in america had english ancestry .
- 3. To be sure , modernism had its illustrious intellectual ancestry .
- 4. They had a genetic ancestry of their own-earning them new species status .
- 5. Mcqueen 's pride in his ancestry had been ingrained by his mother .