ancestral
Origin of ancestral
Related Words for ancestral
familial, tribal, affiliated, congenital, inborn, inbred, inherited, innate, maternal, old, past, paternal, consanguine, consanguineous, genealogical, lineal, totemicExamples from the Web for ancestral
Contemporary Examples of ancestral
The Oklahoma Kiowa have joined this warpath; the Yellowstone is their ancestral homeland.
That is to say, the ancestral genes, the ancestral strain of inheritance, appears again in these little children.
There is an ancestral homestead, but it has a meth lab in the barn.
The Nevilles' music, inspired by the ancestral rhythms of their city, is mostly pop, funk, and soul.
The Stacks: The Neville Brothers Stake Their Claim as Bards of the BayouJohn Ed Bradley
April 27, 2014
So with ethnicity, for example, it means they were targeted because of an ancestral, cultural, social, or national affiliation.
Historical Examples of ancestral
They come from all parts of the world, in an ancestral sense.
Roden's CornerHenry Seton Merriman
We turn, like loyal disciples of Taine and Sainte-Beuve, to his ancestral stock.
The American MindBliss Perry
"I'll take you up and show you our ancestral hut," declared Bob Martin.
The Innocent AdventuressMary Hastings Bradley
Any ancestral quality now lost is lost from the line forever.
The Meaning of EvolutionSamuel Christian Schmucker
Here, after eighteen years, was he again in his ancestral home of Marleigh.
The Tavern KnightRafael Sabatini
ancestral
- of, inherited from, or derived from ancestorshis ancestral home
- logic a relation that holds between x and y if there is a chain of instances of a given relation leading from x to y. Thus the ancestral of parent of is ancestor of, since x is the ancestor of y if and only if x is a parent of…a parent of…a parent of y
Word Origin and History for ancestral
1520s, from Old French ancestrel (Anglo-French auncestrel), from ancestre (see ancestor). Related: Ancestrally.