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   An·ces·try

   /ˈanˌsestrē/

   

   noun

   • 1. one's family or ethnic descent: "his Viking ancestry"
   • ▪ the evolutionary or genetic line of descent of an animal or plant: "the ancestry of the rose is extremely complicated"
   • 2. the origin or background of something: "the book traces the ancestry of women's poetry"

   Word Origin Middle English: alteration of Old French ancesserie, from ancestre (see ancestor).

   Scrabble Points: 13

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   • N

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   • C

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   • E

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   • T

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   • R

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   • Y

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