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ancestry
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[ˈansɛstri], (Noun)
Definitions:
- one's family or ethnic descent
(e.g: he was proud of his Irish ancestry)
- the origin or background of something
(e.g: the book traces the ancestry of women's poetry)
Phrases:
Origin
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Middle English: alteration of Old French ancesserie, from ancestre (see ancestor)
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