English
ancestry
Ancestry comes from Old French ancesserie.
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400ancesserie
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500auncestrie‘the lineage or descent of a person’
- Englishearliest quotation 2008ancestry
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400ancesserie
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500auncestrie‘the lineage or descent of a person’
- Englishearliest quotation 2008ancestry
Earliest quotation: 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction): “Tali: My people place a high value on family…”
Every English word from Old French ancesserie
Today it means
noun The state of being ancestors.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old French ancesserie / ancestry