ancestry
noun [countable, usually singular, uncountable](plural ancestries)
the family or the race of people that you come from （统称）祖宗，祖先；列祖列宗 to have Scottish ancestry 祖籍苏格兰 He was able to trace his ancestry back over 1 000 years. 他可追祖溯宗至 1 000 多年以前。
Extra ExamplesTopics Historyc1, Family and relationshipsc1Humans share a common ancestry with chimpanzees. 人类与黑猩猩拥有共同的祖先。 His eyes owed their startling blueness to his Irish ancestry. 爱尔兰祖先给了他一双碧蓝的眼睛。 - (figurative)
The company claims an ancestry going back to 1727. 该公司称其历史可追溯到 1727 年。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- common
- shared
- African
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- claim
- have
- share
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- go back to
- be of Irish, German, etc. ancestry
Word OriginMiddle English: alteration of Old French ancesserie, from ancestre, from Latin antecessor, from antecedere, from ante ‘before’ + cedere ‘go’.