Phrase Hound found 12 phrases and 15 compound words that contain ancestor. The most common are listed below. Open ancestor in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 12
- common ancestorAn ancestor that two or more descendants have in common.
- ancestor worshipReligious or quasireligious worship of the spirits of one’s ancestors.
- apical ancestorIn kinship and descent, a common ancestor from whom a lineage or clan may trace its descent. The ancestor who is at the apex of the genealogy.
- Ancestor NightA festival celebrated by followers of Heathenry in late October or early November and based on the Germanic tradition of ancestor worship.
- ancestor spiritThe spirit of a human that has died, often venerated in religious ceremonies.
- ancestor spiritsplural of ancestor spirit: The spirit of a human that has died, often venerated in religious ceremonies.
- last common ancestorSynonym of cenancestor: The last ancestor common of two or more lineages, especially the last universal common ancestor of all life.
- last universal ancestorSynonym of cenancestor: The last ancestor common of two or more lineages, especially the last universal common ancestor of all life.
- last universal common ancestorSynonym of cenancestor: The last ancestor common of two or more lineages, especially the last universal common ancestor of all life.
- ur-ancestorAn original ancestor; proto-ancestor.
- Ancestor XThe hypothetical ancestral species that is the most recent and last common ancestor of Homo sapiens, Homo neanderthalensis — the Neanderthals, Homo longi (“Dragon Man”) — the Denisovans.
- proto-ancestorAlternative form of protoancestor: The earliest ancestor
Compound words 15
- ancestralOf, pertaining to, derived from, or possessed by, an ancestor or ancestors.
- grandcestorA distant ancestor.
- cenancestorThe last ancestor common of two or more lineages, especially the last universal common ancestor of all life.
- ancestorhoodThe state of being an ancestor.
- ancestorialAncestral.
- ancestorshipThe state of being an ancestor.
- ancestrulaThe initial zooid of a bryozoan colony
- protoancestorThe earliest ancestor
- ancestressA female ancestor.
- grandancestorA distant ancestor.