Etymology

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Today it means: The state of being ancestors. Full definition →

Middle English auncestrie ← Old French ancesserie
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The story

  1. Old French · derived fromancesserie
  2. Middle English · inherited fromauncestrie
  3. English todayancestry

From Middle English auncestrie, from Old French ancesserie. See ancestor.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.