ancêtre
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French ancestre, ancessor, from nominative case of Latin antecessor. Doublet of antécesseur.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ancêtre m or f by sense (plural ancêtres)
Further reading edit
- “ancêtre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.