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— English words —

• ancestor n. One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father’s or mother’s side, at any distance of time;…
• ancestor n. An earlier type; a progenitor.
• ancestor n. (Law) One from whom an estate has descended;—the correlative of heir.
• ancestor n. (Figuratively) One who had the same role or function in former times.
• ancestor n. (Linguistics) A word or phrase which serves as the origin of a term in another language.
• ancestor v. (Transitive) To be an ancestor of.

— English words, defined in Dutch —

• ancestor n. Voorloper.
• ancestor n. Voorouder.

— English words, defined in French —

• ancestor n. Ancêtre.
• ancestor n. Aïeul (avec une connotation de respect).

— English word, defined in Portuguese —

• ancestor s. Antepassado.

— English words, defined in Italian —

• ancestor s. Progenitore, avo, antenato.
• ancestor s. (Diritto) ascendente.

43 English words from 6 English definitions

ancestor another any correlative descended distance earlier estate father Figuratively former from function had has heir language Law Linguistics mother of␣a One on␣the origin person phrase progenitor role same serves side term the the␣same time times Transitive type whether which who whom word

3 English words from 7 foreign definitions

avo connotation respect

11 foreign words from 7 foreign definitions

Aïeul Ancêtre antenato Antepassado ascendente avec Diritto Progenitore une Voorloper Voorouder

16 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

ancestors ancestoral ancestored ancestorial ancestoring ancestorism ancestorist ancestorhood ancestorists Ancestors␣Day Ancestors'␣Day ancestorship ancestorially Ancestor␣Night ancestorships ancestor␣worship

9 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

trancestors ur-ancestors Ur-ancestors cenancestors unancestored protoancestors proto-ancestors apical␣ancestors common␣ancestors

9 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

trancestor ur-ancestor Ur-ancestor cenancestor mort␣d'ancestor protoancestor proto-ancestor apical␣ancestor common␣ancestor

19 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ANC -ance ces CEs CES cest CEST -cest cesto est Est EST -est est. Est. sto tor Tor TOR

18 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

CNA ots OTs OTS rot ROT rots ROTS sec SEC sec- sec. Sec. S.E.C. S.␣E.␣C. tse Tse TSE

11 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

Canteros Careston carstone Castrone Conatser enactors entosarc Rostance sarconet Screaton sortance

71 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

accentors acentrous actioners actorines actorness actorneys ancestors ancestour anchorets anoretics archontes atroscine auncestor canastero cantoners cantoress Cantor␣set Capertons cargo␣nets carnosate carotenes cartoners Castorena Castrejon Castrones catperson Catterson censorate certosina Coltranes Conatsers coparents co-parents corantoes Corn␣State coronates courantes courtesan crabstone creations crenators Croatness crotonase ctenosaur decatrons Doncaster forcasten foscarnet fractones narcotise +21 words

73 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

Acteons anteros asteron atoners canoers Cantero canters Canters cantore cantors Cantors carnets carnose Carones cartons Castner Catones Catrons Cestaro coarsen coaster coaters conster contras Contras corants corneas cornets costean Costner Cotners cranets cratons Creason Creston Cretans cretons Croesan cronets earcons enactor narcose nectars nor'-east noseart nose␣art octanes one-star orantes ornates recants recoats retcons roneats rotanes santero Santore Sarceno scanter seacorn sea␣corn seatron Secotan senator Senator sorance tanrecs tenoras toraces tracons TRACONs trances treason

2 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

ancestour auncestor

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