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ancestor

/ˈænˌsestə/AN-seh-stur
/ˈænˌsɛstɚ/AN-seh-stur

Meaningpredecessor

Common meaning: person from whom someone descends

Journey through time

  1. Latinantecessor‘predecessor’source
  2. Old Frenchancessour‘a predecessor’source
  3. Middle Englishmeaning shiftsa predecessor → forebearauncestre‘forebear’source
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsforebear → person from whom someone descendsancestor‘person from whom someone descends’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin antecessor ‘predecessor’.

Roots

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