ancestro

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

• IPA^(key): /anˈt͡sestro/

ancestro (plural ancestri)

1. ancestor

Unlike in English, ancestro includes parents.

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

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

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

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

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

1. (Latin America) ancestor, forefather

   Synonyms: antepasado, antecesor

• “ancestro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014