ancestry
Meaning
Noun
- Condition as to ancestors; ancestral lineage; hence, birth or honorable descent.
- A series of ancestors or progenitors; lineage, or those who compose the line of natural descent.
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Origin
- From Middle English auncestrie, from Old French ancesserie. See ancestor.
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