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What is 'ancestor' when translated from English to French?
Ancestor is "ancêtre" in French. Ancêtre goes for both feminine and masculine.
Why do you call your ancestors ancestors?
"Ancestor" is the English word for those from whom you are descended. You use that word because that is what the word is. In many ways words are arbitrary sounds that are agreed to have a particular meaning.The English word ancestor comes from the Old French word ancestre. This in turn comes from the Latin word antecessor. They all derive from from the Latin verb antecedere, meaning to precede or go before, which is what an ancestor did.So your ancestor's ancestor is also your ancestor. We do not need or have a separate word for that in English.
Is English a German based language?
English and German share a common 'ancestor' in West Germanic.
Did the English language come from German?
No. Both English and German came from the same ancestor: Germanic.
What renaissance work served as the ancestor of the modern English language?
work
Are Old Norse and Icelandic languages related?
No, they are two separate languages. However, both languages have a common ancestor. Old English is also called Anglo Saxon and is the ancestor of modern day English. Old Norse, heavily influenced English, but is a different language. Old Norse is the ancestor of Icelandic. However,unlike English, there are few differences between Icelandic and its ancestor
Modern English traces its roots to the ancestor language family of?
latin, greek, norse,
How is the word father different in Hebrew compared to the English word father?
The Hebrew word for father is av (אב), but it's not really any different in meaning compared to the English word, except that in Hebrew it can refer to a ancestor (male and female) whereas in English, use of the word "father" to mean ancestor is sexist.
What does Tino nui Tipuna in maori mean?
"Tipuna" means ancestor and "tino nui" means great or important in Maori. So "Tino nui Tipuna" would translate to "great ancestor" in English.
Old English is another name for?
Old English is the ancestor language of modern English, also called Anglo-Saxon, spoken in Britain from about 400 AD to 1100 AD.
What does saeternesdaeg mean?
It means "the day of Saturn" or "Saturn's day." It is the Old English ancestor of our modern word Saturday.
What is a relative who was born long ago called?
An ancestor.
