English-Estonian translations for ancestor

• esivanem
  Kui ma oleksin itaallane, mõtleksin ma, et mul on õigus tunda end turvaliselt oma esivanemate maal. If I were Italian, I would think that I should have the right to feel secure in the country of my ancestors.
  Lõpetuseks, kas kellelegi peab meelde tuletama oma esivanemate nüüdseks vallutatud maal tagakiusatud Kosovo serblaste traagilist saatust? Lastly, does anyone need reminding of the tragic fate of the Kosovo Serbs, persecuted on the now colonised land of their ancestors?
  Samas palume sel missioonil tagada serbia vähemuse austamine ja väärtustamine nende esivanemate maal. In the meantime, we ask this mission to ensure that the national Serbian minority is respected and valued on the land of their ancestors.

Definition of ancestor

• One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a forefather
• An earlier type; a progenitor
• One from whom an estate has descended;—the correlative of heir
• One who had the same role or function in former times
• To be an ancestor of

Examples

• This fossil animal is regarded as the ancestor of the horse

Related words

• ancestors
• cenancestor
• ancestorism
• ancestor worship
• common ancestor
• apical ancestor
• first ancestor
• last common ancestor
• last universal ancestor