auncessour

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === ancessoure === Etymology === Borrowed from Anglo-Norman auncessour, from Latin antecessor, a compound of ante +‎ cedo +‎ -tor; thus a doublet of auncestre and antecessour. First attested in c. 1400. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌa(u̯)nsəˈsuːr/, /ˈa(u̯)nsəsur/ === Noun === auncessour (plural auncessours) (rare) An ancestor or progenitor; someone that a person is descended from. Synonym: auncestre (more common) ==== References ==== “auncestre, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. “ancestor, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.