Ancestry

Pronunciation

• US IPA: /ˈæn.sÉ›s.tɹi/

Alternative forms

• ancestrie obsolete
• auncestrie obsolete
• auncestry obsolete

Origin

From Old French ancesserie. See ancestor.

Full definition of ancestry

Noun

1. Condition as to ancestors; ancestral lineage; hence, birth or honorable descent.Title and ancestry render a good man more illustrious, but an ill one more contemptible. -Addison.
2. A series of ancestors or progenitors; lineage, or those who compose the line of natural descent.

Related terms

• ancestor