ancestro

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English ancestor, French ancêtre, Italian ancestrale, Spanish ancestro. Decision no. 544, Progreso IV, 1405, Progreso VII.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anˈt͡sestro/

Noun

ancestro (plural ancestri)

1. ancestor

Usage notes

Unlike in English, ancestro includes parents.

Derived terms

• ancestrala (“ancestral”)
• ancestraro (“ancestors”)
• ancestri (“ancestors”)
• ancestrino (“ancestress”)
• ancestrulo (“a male ancestor”)

References

• Progreso III (in Ido), 1910–1911, page 601
• Progreso IV (in Ido), 1911–1912, page 72, 501
• Progreso VII (in Ido), 1914, page 385

Spanish

Etymology

From Old French ancestre (compare Modern French ancêtre), from Latin antecessor. Doublet of antecesor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anˈθestɾo/ [ãn̟ˈθes.t̪ɾo] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /anˈsestɾo/ [ãnˈses.t̪ɾo] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -estɾo
• Syllabification: an‧ces‧tro

Noun

ancestro m (plural ancestros, feminine ancestra, feminine plural ancestras)

1. ancestor, forefather

   Synonyms: antepasado, antecesor

Related terms

• ancestral

Further reading

• “ancestro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024