亚洲网紅露点

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ancestry

[ an-ses-treeor, especially British, -suh-stree ]

noun

plural ancestries.
  1. family or ancestral descent; lineage.

    Synonyms: , ,

  2. honorable or distinguished descent:

    famous by title and ancestry.

  3. a series of ancestors:

    His ancestry settled Utah.

    Synonyms: ,

  4. the inception or origin of a phenomenon, object, idea, or style.
  5. the history or developmental process of a phenomenon, object, idea, or style.


ancestry

/ 藞忙苍蝉蓻蝉迟谤瑟 /

noun

  1. lineage or descent, esp when ancient, noble, or distinguished
  2. ancestors collectively
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of ancestry1

1300鈥50; Middle English, equivalent to ancestre ancestor + -y 3; replacing Middle English aunce ( s ) trie < Anglo-French
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In the US there are as many as 1.6 million people of Armenian ancestry, centred on California.

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鈥淚 had the gift of the opportunity of making a film inspired by my family and my ancestry but it was always a film that we wanted to make for audiences, in theaters,鈥 he continued.

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The research also focused people of European ancestry and work is still under way to adapt it for people from other backgrounds.

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Lawyers say they expect more to come forward driven by the boom in cheap genetic testing and ancestry websites.

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At first the company鈥檚 product was focused on giving customers information about their ancestry.

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