ancestors
Meaning of ancestors
- 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 ancestors
- It is a name.
- The singular form of ancestors is: ancestor.
- Languages in which ancestors is used:
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Hyphenation of ancestors
an-ces-tors
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- ancestors is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
ancestors synonyms
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 a person's ancestors or family and social background:
Meaning an ancestor, especially the earliest ancestor of a people; a progenitor:
ancestors antonyms
Meaning a person, plant, or animal that is descended from a particular ancestor:
Meaning a person or thing that succeeds another:
Anagrams of ancestors
Words that rhyme with ancestors
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