köken: From Middle High German an, ane, from Old High German ano, from Proto-Germanic *anô (“forefather”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- (“ancestor”). Cognate with Latin anus.
köken: Inherited from Old French ancestrel, from ancestre (“ancestor”), from Late Latin antecessor, an agent noun from the past participle stem of Latin antecedere (“to proceed”), from the prefix ante- with the infinitive cedere (“to go”), the latter from Proto-Italic *kezdō (“to avoid or to go away”), from Proto-Indo-European *ked- (“to yield or to go”).
Par le pouvoir du crâne ancestral ! Je détiens la force toute-puissante !
Pour l'honneur du crâne ancestral ! Je suis She-Ra !
köken: From the Old French ancestrel, from the noun ancestre (“ancestor”), from Late Latin antecessor (“predecessor”), an agent noun from the past participle stem of Latin antecedere (“to proceed”), from the prefix ante- with the infinitive cedere (“to go”), the latter from Proto-Italic *kezdō (“to avoid or to go away”), from the Proto-Indo-European *ked- (“to yield or to go”).
forerunner, precursor, someone or something that prefigures or is an antecedent of something or someone else · forerunner, someone who runs, or otherwise goes, in front
çekim: çoğul voorlopers
köken: From Middle Dutch vōrelôper. By surface analysis, voor + loper.
De uitvinding van de telegraaf was een belangrijke voorloper van moderne communicatiemiddelen.
De atleet fungeert als de voorloper in de estafetterace.
ancestral (relating to ancestors) · archaic (extremely old)
çekim: çoğul ancestrais
köken: From the Old French adjective ancestrel, from the noun ancestre (“ancestor”), from Late Latin antecessor (“predecessor”), an agent noun from the past participle stem of Latin antecedere (“to proceed”), from the prefix ante- with the infinitive cedere (“to go”), the former from Proto-Italic *kezdō (“to avoid or to go away”), from the Proto-Indo-European *ked- (“to yield or to go”).
köken: Etymology tree French ancestralbor. Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Balto-Slavic *-inas Proto-Slavic *-ьnъ Old Polish -ny Polish -ny Polish ancestralny From French ancestral + Polish -ny. First attested in 1906.
köken: From Előd, one of the seven Hungarian tribe leaders in 895. Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.
köken: Feminine counterpart to avus (“grandfather”) formed with *-éh₂, compare Gothic 𐌰𐍅𐍉 (awō, “grandmother”), although conceivably a secondary formation. Compare avia.