ancestor
To be an ancestor ofTo be an ancestor of.
» I'm named after one of my ancestors.
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1 sensesTo be an ancestor of.
Examples
155 sentencesOrigin
From Middle English ancestre, auncestre, ancessour; the first forms from Old French ancestFrom Middle English ancestre, auncestre, ancessour; the first forms from Old French ancestre (modern French ancêtre), from the Latin nominative antecessor (“one who goes before”); the last form from Old French ancessor, from Latin antecessōrem, accusative of antecessor, from antecēdō (“to go before”) + -tor (“-er”), from ante- (“before”) + cēdō (“to go”). See cede, and compare with antecessor.
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Forms
ancestors, ancestoring, ancestored, ancestored| Base form | ancestor · to ancestor |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | ancestors |
| Present participle | ancestoring |
| Past simple | ancestored |
| Past participle | ancestored |
regular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.