ancessor

== Occitan == === Etymology === From Latin antecessor. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /anseˈsu/ === Noun === ancessor m (plural ancessors) (Languedoc) ancestor ==== Dialectal variants ==== ancèstre (“Gascon”) == Old French == === Etymology === Latin antecessor, from antecedō (“to precede”, verb). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (early) /ant͡səˈsoːɾ/ === Noun === ancessor oblique singular, m (oblique plural ancessors, nominative singular ancestre, nominative plural ancessor) ancestor ==== Descendants ==== French: ancêtre (from the nominative ancestre) Norman: anchêtre (from the nominative ancestre) → Middle English: auncessour, ancessoure → Middle English: auncestre, ancestre, auncetere, auncestor (Late Middle English), awncetyr (Promptorium Parvulorum) (from the nominative ancestre)English: ancestorMiddle Scots: auncester (hapax)