Difference between revisions of "ancestral"

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|etymology=Latin <i>antecedere</i>, to go before
 
|etymology=Latin <i>antecedere</i>, to go before
|definition=Referring to derivation from an earlier form or ancestor; primitive.
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Latest revision as of 23:37, 13 September 2013

ancestral (adjective; Latin antecedere, to go before): Referring to derivation from an earlier form or ancestor.

See also: primitive