ancestry
nounEtymology
From Middle English auncestrie, from Old French ancesserie. See ancestor.
- derived from ancesserie
- inherited from auncestrie
Definitions
The state of being ancestors.
Birth to a noble or high-ranking family, or to someone of honorable descent.
- Title and ancestry render a good man more illustrious, but an ill one more contemptible.
- Tali: My people place a high value on family and ancestry. There's an unspoken expectation that I'll live up to my father's example.
A series of ancestors
A series of ancestors; the people from whom one is descended.
- I can trace my ancestry back to the 18th century.
The neighborhood
- synonymprovenance
- synonymparentage
- synonymdescent
- neighborancestor
- neighborancestral
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at ancestry. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at ancestry. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
10 hops · closes at ancestry
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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