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- DictionaryAn·ces·try/ˈanˌsestrē/
noun
- 1. one's family or ethnic descent: "his Viking ancestry"
- 2. the origin or background of something: "the book traces the ancestry of women's poetry"
The meaning of ANCESTRY is line of descent : lineage; especially : honorable, noble, or aristocratic descent. How to use ancestry in a sentence.
ANCESTRY definition: 1. your ancestors who lived a long time ago, or the origin of your family: 2. your ancestors who…. Learn more.
ANCESTRY meaning: 1. your ancestors who lived a long time ago, or the origin of your family: 2. your ancestors who…. Learn more.
family or ancestral descent; lineage. Synonyms: stock, genealogy, pedigree. honorable or distinguished descent: famous by title and ancestry. a series of ancestors: His ancestry settled Utah. Synonyms: line, family. the inception or origin of a phenomenon, object, idea, or style.
Ancestry is basically a history of ancestors, a trail of where your family started and all the descendants that followed. But ancestry goes much further than just your great-great-grand uncle's brother.
an•ces•try. (ˈæn sɛs tri; esp. Brit. -sə stri) n., pl. -tries. 1. ancestral descent; lineage. 2. honorable or distinguished descent: famous by title and ancestry. 3. a series of ancestors. 4. the origin of a phenomenon, object, idea, or style.
noun Word forms: plural -tries. 1. family or ancestral descent; lineage. 2. honorable or distinguished descent. famous by title and ancestry. 3. a series of ancestors. His ancestry settled Utah.
your relatives who lived a long time ago, or the origin of your family: Americans of Japanese ancestry.
ancestry. noun. /ˈænsestri/. /ˈænsestri/. [countable, usually singular, uncountable] (plural ancestries) the family or the group of people that you come from. to have Scottish ancestry. He was able to trace his ancestry back over 1 000 years.
ANCESTRY meaning: a person's ancestors the people who were in your family in past times.
