ancestry

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From Middle English auncestrie, from Old French ancesserie. See ancestor.

62 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: prejardhja — condition as to ancestors
• Asturian: llinaxe — condition as to ancestors
• Asturian: ascendencia — condition as to ancestors
• Catalan: llinatge — condition as to ancestors
• Catalan: ascendència — condition as to ancestors
• Dutch: voorouders — condition as to ancestors
• Dutch: afstamming — condition as to ancestors
• French: ascendance — condition as to ancestors
• Galician: xaramea — condition as to ancestors
• Galician: alcuña — condition as to ancestors
• Galician: fonduxe — condition as to ancestors
• Galician: castuaxe — condition as to ancestors
• Galician: avoenga — condition as to ancestors
• Galician: tronquidade — condition as to ancestors
• Galician: ascendencia — condition as to ancestors
• Galician: liñaxe — condition as to ancestors
• German: Vorfahren — condition as to ancestors
• Greek: γενεαλογία (genealogía) — condition as to ancestors
• Greek: καταγωγή (katagogí) — condition as to ancestors
• Greek: γενεαλογικό δένδρο (genealogikó déndro) — condition as to ancestors
• Greek: πρόγονοι (prógonoi) — condition as to ancestors
• Italian: ascendenza — condition as to ancestors
• Italian: stirpe — condition as to ancestors
• Middle English: auncestrie — condition as to ancestors
• Persian: پروز (parvaz) — condition as to ancestors
• Polish: pochodzenie — condition as to ancestors
• Portuguese: ascendência — condition as to ancestors
• Russian: родосло́вная (rodoslóvnaja) — condition as to ancestors
• Russian: происхожде́ние (proisxoždénije) — condition as to ancestors
• Scottish Gaelic: sinnsearachd — condition as to ancestors
• Serbo-Croatian: порекло — condition as to ancestors
• Serbo-Croatian: поријекло — condition as to ancestors
• Serbo-Croatian: poreklo — condition as to ancestors
• Serbo-Croatian: porijeklo — condition as to ancestors
• Serbo-Croatian: postanak — condition as to ancestors
• Serbo-Croatian: preci — condition as to ancestors
• Spanish: linaje — condition as to ancestors
• Spanish: ascendencia — condition as to ancestors
• Spanish: abolengo — condition as to ancestors
• Spanish: alcurnia — condition as to ancestors
• Welsh: ach — condition as to ancestors
• Albanian: farefisnia — series of ancestors or progenitors
• Esperanto: praularo — series of ancestors or progenitors
• Finnish: syntyperä — series of ancestors or progenitors
• Finnish: suku — series of ancestors or progenitors
• Finnish: esi-isät — series of ancestors or progenitors
• German: Vorväter — series of ancestors or progenitors
• German: Ahnen — series of ancestors or progenitors
• Italian: avi — series of ancestors or progenitors
• Italian: antenati — series of ancestors or progenitors
• Italian: progenitori — series of ancestors or progenitors
• Marathi: कूळ (kūḷ) — series of ancestors or progenitors
• Middle English: auncestrie — series of ancestors or progenitors
• Middle English: generacioun — series of ancestors or progenitors
• Polish: przodkowie — series of ancestors or progenitors
• Spanish: ancestría — series of ancestors or progenitors
• Spanish: ascendencia — series of ancestors or progenitors
• Spanish: abolengo — series of ancestors or progenitors
• Spanish: prosapia — series of ancestors or progenitors
• Ottoman Turkish: صوی (soy) — series of ancestors or progenitors
• Ottoman Turkish: نسل (nesl) — series of ancestors or progenitors
• Yucatec Maya: chʼiʼibal — series of ancestors or progenitors