ancestral

• ancestrall (obsolete)
• auncestral (obsolete)

From Anglo-Norman ancestrel, from ancestre (“ancestor”).

• (US) IPA^(key): /ænˈsɛs.təɹ.əl/, /ænˈsɛs.tɹəl/

ancestral (not comparable)

1. Of, pertaining to, derived from, or possessed by, an ancestor or ancestors

   an ancestral estate

   one's ancestral home

• ancestrally

• “ancestral” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.

• Lancaster, renal cast

From the Old French adjective ancestrel, from the noun ancestre (“ancestor”), from Late Latin antecessor, an agent noun from the past participle stem of Latin antecedere (“to proceed”), from the prefix ante- with the infinitive cedere (“to go”), the former from Proto-Italic *kesd-o- (“to avoid or to go away”), from the Proto-Indo-European *ked- (“to yield or to go”).

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.sɛs.tʁal/

ancestral (feminine singular ancestrale, masculine plural ancestraux, feminine plural ancestrales)

1. ancestral

• “ancestral” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

From the Old French adjective ancestrel, from the noun ancestre (“ancestor”), from Late Latin antecessor (“predecessor”), an agent noun from the past participle stem of Latin antecedere (“to proceed”), from the prefix ante- with the infinitive cedere (“to go”), the former from Proto-Italic *kesd-o- (“to avoid or to go away”), from the Proto-Indo-European *ked- (“to yield or to go”).

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌɐ̃.ses.ˈtraw/
• (Carioca) IPA^(key): /ˌɐ̃.seʃ.ˈtraw/

ancestral m or f (plural ancestrais, comparable)

1. ancestral (relating to ancestors)
2. archaic (extremely old)

• (extremely old): arcaico, antigo

ancestral m, f (plural ancestrais)

1. ancestor; forefather (someone from whom a person is descended)

• progenitor, antepassado, ascendente, avoengo

From the Old French ancestrel, from the noun ancestre (“ancestor”), from Late Latin predecessor, an agent noun from the past participle stem of Latin antecedere (“to proceed”), from the prefix ante- with the infinitive cedere (“to go”), the latter from Proto-Italic *kesd-o- (“to avoid or to go away”), from the Proto-Indo-European *ked- (“to yield or to go”).

• (Castilian) IPA^(key): /anθesˈtɾal/, [ãn̟θesˈt̪ɾal]
• (Latin America) IPA^(key): /ansesˈtɾal/, [ãnsesˈt̪ɾal]

ancestral (plural ancestrales)

1. ancestral

• ancestralidad
• ancestralmente

• ancestro

• “ancestral” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.