family or ancestral descent; lineage.

honorable or distinguished descent

famous by title and ancestry.

a series of ancestors

His ancestry settled Utah.

the inception or origin of a phenomenon, object, idea, or style.

the history or developmental process of a phenomenon, object, idea, or style.

noun

ancestor , antecedent , antecessor , blood , breed , breeding , derivation , descent , extraction , forebear , forefather , foregoer , foremother , forerunner , genealogy , heritage , house , kindred , line , lineage , origin , parentage , pedigree , precursor , primogenitor , progenitor , race , source , stock , birth , bloodline , family , seed , antecedents , family: ancestors , heredity , line of descent , progenitors