Ancestral stock or race; family. Usually without article and with descriptive adjective or noun, esp. in (come) of good (noble,etc.) kin; = kind, n.…
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| 释义 | society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > ancestor > [noun] > ancestral stock or root (8) kinc1100 Ancestral stock or race; family. Usually without article and with descriptive adjective or noun, esp. in (come) of good (noble,etc.) kin; = kind, n.… kindc1175 The ancestral line or stock from which a person is descended; parentage, lineage, ancestry; origin, descent; (sometimes, esp. in later use) spec.… kindredc1200 Family, race, stock; ancestry, lineage (frequently with modifying word). In early use sometimes: spec. noble birth; high social rank or status. Cf… rootc1330 A person or family considered as the source of a lineage; an ancestor. Also in extended use. Cf. branch, n. 5a tree, n. 6a. stockc1393 Figurative uses developed from sense A. 2. The source of a line of descent; the progenitor of a family or race. In Law, the first purchaser of an… stirp?1573 Ancestral stock. Obsolete. radix1651 Ancestral root or stock. Obsolete. rare. source1670 figurative. The origin, or original stock, of a person, family, etc. |
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