Synonyms & related words for ancestries

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Words related to ancestries

Explore words related to ancestries — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include lineage, parentage, bloodline, pedigree, filiation, stemma, descent, origin. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does ancestries come from?

The word ancestries breaks down into 4 roots of Latin origin: an-, from Latin ante (“before”); cest, from Latin cedere (“to go”); -r, from Latin -or (“agent”); and -ies, from Latin -ia (“forming noun (plural)”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.