See Also: Ancestor(medicine)
ancestor(dictionary)
ancestor(dictionary)
Ancestor(health)
mort d'ancestor(dictionary)
ancestor worship(encyclopedia)
ANCESTOR, descents(law)
MORT D' ANCESTOR(law)
MORT D'ANCESTOR(law)
ASSIZE OF MORT D' ANCESTOR(law)

ancestor (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: ancestre, from Latin antecessor 'one who goes before', from antecedere; ANTECEDENT]
a member of your family who lived a long time ago
-see also descendant descendant
::My ancestors were French.
an animal that lived in the past, that modern animals have developed from
::Lions and house cats evolved from a common ancestor (=the same ancestor) .
the form in which a modern machine, vehicle etc first existed
ancestor of
::Babbage's invention was the ancestor of the modern computer.
-- ancestral /An5sestrEl/ adj
::the family's ancestral home