ANCESTOR

ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, antecedent, root

(noun) someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

ancestor (plural ancestors)

One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a forefather.

An earlier type; a progenitor

(legal) One from whom an estate has descended;—the correlative of heir.

(figuratively) One who had the same role or function in former times.

Usage notes

• There is a rare feminine form ancestress

Synonyms

• forebear

• fore-elder

• forefather

Antonyms

• descendant

• afterbear

Verb

ancestor (third-person singular simple present ancestors, present participle ancestoring, simple past and past participle ancestored)

To be an ancestor of.

Anagrams

• Canteros, Conatser, enactors, entosarc, sortance

Source: Wiktionary

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An"ces*tor, n. Etym: [OE. ancestre, auncestre, also ancessour; the first forms fr. OF. ancestre, F. ancêtre, fr. the L. nom. antessor one who goes before; the last form fr. OF. ancessor, fr. L. acc. antecessorem, fr. antecedere to go before; ante before + cedere to go. See Cede, and cf. Antecessor.]

1. One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a fore father.

2. (Biol.)

Definition: An earlier type; a progenitor; as, this fossil animal is regarded as the ancestor of the horse.

3. (Law)

Definition: One from whom an estate has descended; -- the correlative of heir.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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