ancestry
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ancestry (pl.: ancestries)
- stirpe, discendenza
- (per estensione) avi, antenati
- an | ces | try
IPA: /ˈæn.sɛs.tɹi/
dal francese ancesserie, entrato in medio inglese nella forma auncestrie. Il termine francese deriva a sua volta dal latino antecessor "che viene prima, precedente".
- (obsoleto) ancestrie
- (obsoleto) auncestrie
- (obsoleto) auncestry
- Dictionary.com, lemma ancestry
- The Free Dictionary, edizione online
- Merriam-Webster, Versione on-line
- WordReference.com, Versione on-line Italiano-Inglese
- Il Sansoni, Inglese edizione on-line da "www.corriere.it"
- Oxford English Living Dictionary, Oxford University on line edition
- Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary