Ancestral (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

adjective
  1. pertaining to ancestors; descending or claimed from ancestors: an ancestral home.
  2. serving as a forerunner, prototype, or inspiration.
adjective
  1. of, inherited from, or derived from ancestors
noun
  1. a relation that holds between x and y if there is a chain of instances of a given relation leading from x to y. Thus the ancestral of parent of is ancestor of, since x is the ancestor of y if and only if x is a parent of…a parent of…a parent of y
Ancestral (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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