ancestry

Noun

Meaning

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

descent parentage origin lineage pedigree bloodline line blood stock heritage derivation genealogy filiation stemma line of descent
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Antonyms

parenthood death child birth generation defend
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Hypernyms

inheritance genealogy family tree hereditary pattern

Hyponyms

sept family side origin folk descent

Related terms

ancestor ancestral

Phrases with the word

african ancestry female ancestry in the paternal ancestry american of mexican ancestry mixed ancestry british isles ancestry

Examples

A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbours. William Ralph Inge

The behavior of an individual is determined not by his racial affiliation, but by the character of his ancestry and his cultural environment. Franz Boas

Distinctions between citizens solely because of their ancestry are by their very nature odious to a free people whose institutions are founded upon the doctrine of equality. Harlan F. Stone

He who boasts of his ancestry unduly will bring plenty of trouble upon himself. Swahili Proverb

A man's actions are more important than his ancestry. Kenyan Proverb

A man who prides himself on his ancestry is like the potato plant, the best part of which is underground. Spanish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

ancestrie ancestrix ancestrula ancestry analysis anchal anchariid