ancestral
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ancestral
- /ænˈsɛs.təɹ.əl/ US
- /ænˈsɛs.tɹəl/ US
Where it comes from
From Anglo-Norman ancestrel, from ancestre (“ancestor”), equivalent to ancestor + -al.
adjective ancestrall · auncestral
- Of, pertaining to, derived from, or possessed by, an ancestor or ancestors. an ancestral estate
noun ancestrals · ancestrall · auncestral
- An ancestor or forbear. Some big cheese bein' grought back to his native island to get planted with his ancestrals.
- A descendant of one's ancestors. He considered that the local custom permitted a sister's son to inherit in default of near male ancestrals.
- An elderly relative. Cadwy and some of the ancestrals carried Gilbert back to the platform to have his wounds healed by Guinevere.
- A genetic precursor. The intermediate nature of the gene frequencies of the populations in the two groupings to those of the putative ancestrals, Table 4, indicates the Mestizo gentic constitution of the MMA populations and supports previous information for this area (Garza-Chapa 1983b)
- A forerunner; One who was involved in an earlier version of something. It is hard, remember, to match the craft and proficiency of the ancestrals' bare-bones protocols of turning grapes into raisins, of mastering heat, dirt, and moisture to produce a natural and inexpensive candy.
- An earlier version of something. The old ancestrals of the Murray were disrupted and caused to flow along the Gulpa Creek at the toe of the fault escarpment to Deniliquin (Pels 1966). Later the younger ancestrals followed the old for a short distance beyond Tocumwal, left them and formed the Bullatale Creek flood plain.
- The spirit of one's ancestor. Is not that article of the treaty relating to Christianity which, in condemning the worship of ancestrals, places itself in direct opposition to the fundamental law of the empire, a most flagrant interference in the affairs of the Chinese?
- One who follows, honors, or is attracted to an ancestral tradition. To future ancestrals living in old homesteads or in copies of them, Figures 2 and 3 indicate what and how to show.
- A relationship in which something is a precursor. Like all ordinary ancestrals, remote successor is logically reflexive.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: inheritable, heritable, patrimonial, hereditary, ancestry, ancestor, progenitor, avital, tribal, old, traditional, indigenous, homeland, communal, age-old, heritage
Translations
Every language
adj pertaining to ancestors
| Español | ancestral |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 先祖の sosen no |
| 中文 | 祖先的 zǔxiān de, 祖傳的 /祖传的 zǔchuán de |
| हिन्दी | पैतृक paitŕk |
| Português | ancestral, antepassado |
| Français | ancestral |
| Deutsch | Ahnen-, Vorfahren-, angestammt, altüberliefert |
| Italiano | ancestrale, atavico, primordiale, avito |
| Română | ancestral |
| Русский | пото́мственный potómstvennyj |
Talk about this word "ancestral." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ancestral. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. ancestral. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ancestral "ancestral." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ancestral.Cite this
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title = {ancestral},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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