ancestor
Meaning of ancestor
noun
- a person, typically one more remote than a grandparent, from whom one is descended.
he could trace his ancestors back to James the First
Middle English: from Old French ancestre, from Latin antecessor, from antecedere, from ante ‘before’ + cedere ‘go’.
Information about ancestor
- It is a name.
- The plural form of ancestor is: ancestors.
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Hyphenation of ancestor
an-ces-tor
- It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
- ancestor is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
ancestor synonyms
Meaning ascendant:
ascendant, ascendent, antecedent, root
Meaning an ancestor:
Meaning a member of the past generations of one's family or people; an ancestor:
Meaning a person who held a job or office before the current holder:
Meaning a person or thing from which a person, animal, or plant is descended or originates; an ancestor or parent:
Meaning an ancestor, especially the earliest ancestor of a people; a progenitor:
ancestor antonyms
Meaning a person, plant, or animal that is descended from a particular ancestor:
Meaning a person or thing that succeeds another:
Translation of ancestor
- French: ancêtre, prédécesseur
- Spanish: antepasado, antepasada, ancestro, ancestra
- Italian: progenitore, antenato
Anagrams of ancestor
carstone, cortesan, enactors, entosarc, sarconet, sortance
Words that rhyme with ancestor
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