Reverse Dictionary: ANCESTOR

ADJECTIVES
1000 — FATHERLY pert. to ancestors; ancestral; also, venerable → obs.

NOUNS
1646 — MAJORITY ancestry → obs.
1651 — RADIX ancestral root or stock → obs.
1966 — BACK FAMILY ancestry; a line of descent; one’s parents or relatives of an earlier generation → Amer. dial.
1966 — BACK STOCK ancestry; a line of descent; one’s parents or relatives of an earlier generation → Amer. dial.
1986 — MATRILINY descent through the female line, as in ancestry, inheritance, etc. (Bk.)
1986 — PATRILINY descent through the male line, as in ancestry, inheritance, etc. (Bk.)

NOUNS, PERSON
..971 — ELDER an ancestor, a forefather; hence, a predecessor, one who lived in former days; usually in plural → obs.
1000 — ELDFATHER an ancestor, a forefather in general → obs.
1300 — ELDRINGS ancestors; elders, parents, ancestors → obs.
1377 — BELSIER — BELSIRE an ancestor → obs.
1486 — PRIMITIVE an ancestor or progenitor; a predecessor → obs.
1529 — ANCIENTS ancestors → Eng. dial.
1582 — FOREMOTHER a female ancestor 
1643 — PRIMOGENITOR the earliest ancestor, esp. of a people; a forefather; a person from whom another is originally descended
1679 — BELDAM — BELDAME a remote ancestress → obs.
1773 — AUNCETER — ONSETTER an ancestor → Eng. dial.
1845 — TUPUNA an ancestor; a grandparent → NZ
1875 — PRIMOGENITRIX a female progenitor; a female from whom another is originally descended
1900 — AUNT’S SISTERS ancestors → Eng. sl.
1905 — OLD SEED-FOLKS ancestors, old-timers → Amer. dial.
1905 — SEED-FOLKS ancestors, old-timers → Amer. dial.
1954 — SEED FEATHERS ancestors, old-timers → Amer. dial.
1966 — BACK FAMILY ancestors → Amer. dial.
1966 — BACK STOCK ancestors → Amer. dial.
1986 — PROPOSITUS the person from whom a line of descent originates (Bk.)

VERBS
1623 — PATRIZATE to take after, imitate, or follow the example of one’s father or ancestors → obs.