ancestral

• ancestrall (obsolete)
• auncestral (obsolete)

From Anglo-Norman ancestrel, from ancestre (“ancestor”).

• (US) IPA^(key): /ænˈsɛs.təɹ.əl/, /ænˈsɛs.tɹəl/

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ancestral (not comparable)

1. Of, pertaining to, derived from, or possessed by, an ancestor or ancestors

   an ancestral estate

   one's ancestral home

• Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “ancestral”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

• Lancaster, renal cast

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ən.səsˈtɾal/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /an.sesˈtɾal/

ancestral (masculine and feminine plural ancestrals)

1. ancestral

   Synonym: avial

• ancestre

• “ancestral” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “ancestral”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “ancestral” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “ancestral” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Inherited from Old French ancestrel, from ancestre (“ancestor”), from Late Latin antecessor, an agent noun from the past participle stem of Latin antecedere (“to proceed”), from the prefix ante- with the infinitive cedere (“to go”), the latter from Proto-Italic *kesdō (“to avoid or to go away”), from Proto-Indo-European *ked- (“to yield or to go”).

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.sɛs.tʁal/

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ancestral (feminine ancestrale, masculine plural ancestraux, feminine plural ancestrales)

1. ancestral
   • 1983, Les Maîtres de l'Univers:

     Par le pouvoir du crâne ancestral ! Je détiens la force toute-puissante !

     By the power of Grayskull! I have the power!

   • 1985, She-Ra, la princesse du pouvoir:

     Pour l'honneur du crâne ancestral ! Je suis She-Ra !

     For the honor of Grayskull! I am She-Ra!

• “ancestral”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From the Old French adjective ancestrel, from the noun ancestre (“ancestor”), from Late Latin antecessor (“predecessor”), an agent noun from the past participle stem of Latin antecedere (“to proceed”), from the prefix ante- with the infinitive cedere (“to go”), the former from Proto-Italic *kesd-o- (“to avoid or to go away”), from the Proto-Indo-European *ked- (“to yield or to go”).

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Hyphenation: an‧ces‧tral

ancestral m or f (plural ancestrais)

1. ancestral (relating to ancestors)
2. archaic (extremely old)

   Synonyms: arcaico, antigo

• ancestralmente

ancestral m or f by sense (plural ancestrais)

1. ancestor; forefather (someone from whom a person is descended)

   Synonyms: progenitor, antepassado, ascendente, avoengo

From French ancestral.

ancestral m or n (feminine singular ancestrală, masculine plural ancestrali, feminine and neuter plural ancestrale)

1. ancestral

From the Old French ancestrel, from the noun ancestre (“ancestor”), from Late Latin predecessor, an agent noun from the past participle stem of Latin antecedere (“to proceed”), from the prefix ante- with the infinitive cedere (“to go”), the latter from Proto-Italic *kesd-o- (“to avoid or to go away”), from the Proto-Indo-European *ked- (“to yield or to go”).

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /anθesˈtɾal/ [ãn̟.θesˈt̪ɾal]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ansesˈtɾal/ [ãn.sesˈt̪ɾal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: an‧ces‧tral

ancestral (plural ancestrales)

1. ancestral

• “ancestral”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014