Etymology of the English word ancestral
the English word ancestral
derived from the Old French word ancestrel
derived from the Old French word ancestre
derived from the Late Latin word antecessor (he that goes before, predecessor; scout)
derived from the Latin word cessus (backward or yielding movement)
derived from the Latin word antecessus (payments in advance)
derived from the Latin word antecedere (precede, go before, ahead)