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[ˈansɛstə], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a person, typically one more remote than a grandparent, from whom one is descended
(e.g: he could trace his ancestors back to James the First)
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Origin
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Middle English: from Old French ancestre, from Latin antecessor, from antecedere, from ante ‘before’ + cedere ‘go’
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