英语词汇ancestry的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	ancestry
词源	ancestry n. "series or line of ancestors, descent from ancestors," early 14c., auncestrie, from Old French ancesserie "ancestry, ancestors, forefathers," from ancestre (see ancestor). The spelling was modified in English by influence of ancestor. Entries linking to ancestry ancestor n. "one from whom a person is descended," c. 1300, ancestre, antecessour, from Old French ancestre, ancessor "ancestor, forebear, forefather" (12c., Modern French ancêtre), from Late Latin antecessor "predecessor," literally "fore-goer," agent noun from past-participle stem of Latin antecedere "to precede," from ante "before" (from PIE root ant- "front, forehead," with derivatives meaning "in front of, before") + cedere "to go" (from PIE root ked- "to go, yield"). The current form is from early 15c. Feminine form ancestress is recorded from 1570s. updated on September 20, 2022
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ancestry n.