English → Latin
“ancestry” in Latin
oriorto rise, get up; to appear, arise, become visible; to be born, come to exist, originategenusbirth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type, class; species (general classification, as of living things), taxon (of anistirpsrootstock; the lowest part of the trunk of a plant, including the roots.; a plant, shrub, shoot, sprout; lineage, race, nōbilisnoble, high-born; distinct, able to be known, famous, celebrated; known, famous; acquainted, familiar
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
ancestry
ortus: genus: stirps. Of noble ancestry, nobili genere natus; nobili, haud obscuro loco natus (poetically, splendidis natalibus ortus). The pride of ancestry. Vid: ANCESTRAL.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for ancestry?
- The usual Latin words for “ancestry” are orior, genus, stirps; also nōbilis. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.