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单词 ancestrial
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ancestrialadj.

Brit. /anˈsɛstrɪəl/, U.S. /ænˈsɛstriəl/
Forms: 1600s ancestriall, 1700s– ancestrial.
Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by derivation. Or (ii) a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: ancestry n., -al suffix1; ancestral adj., -ial suffix.
Etymology: Either (i) < ancestry n. + -al suffix1 (compare -ial suffix), or (ii) an alteration of ancestral adj., after -ial suffix.
Of, relating to, or inherited from an ancestor or ancestors; ancestral.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > ancestor > [adjective]
fatherlyOE
fatherenOE
ancestral1579
ancestriala1641
ancestory1650
ancestrian1756
ancestorial1777
progenitorial1825
forefatherly1855
a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) viii. 488 They..looke upon desert personall not ancestriall, or derived Titles from Grandsires long agone.
1659 J. Howell To Knowingest Kind of Philologers in Proverbs sig. a4v, in Lex. Tetraglotton (1660) Naturall Children..legitimated by prescription and long Tract of Ancestriall Time.
1771 tr. J. G. Zimmermann Ess. National Pride xiii. 198 This noble sentiment of ancestrial glory, spreads itself through a whole nation.
1806 W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. 4 261 If ancestrial persecutions were to be visited on posterity.
1890 J. A. Gutteridge Summer Days in Amer. iv. 80 We have not seen anything on this continent, that reminded us so forcibly of the ancestrial halls of England as this old residence.
1932 N. Amer. Rev. Jan. 37/1 Economic conditions combined with social and historical circumstances to prevent hardening of ancestrial traditions.
2007 Mid County Chron. (Nederland, Texas) 7 Feb. 3/4 Many of us in the Golden Triangle of Texas have strong ancestrial roots in Southwest Louisiana.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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