Ancestor and Original

Ancestor

Ancestor noun - Something belonging to an earlier time from which something else was later developed.

Usage example: pinball machines—the ancestors of today's video games—go back to the 19th century

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Original and ancestor are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Original" instead a noun "Ancestor".

Nearby Words: ancestry, ancestral, ancestress

Original noun - Something from which copies are made.

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Ancestor and original are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ancestor" instead a noun "Original".

human	human ancestor	human original
direct	direct ancestor	direct original
complete	complete ancestor	complete original
true	true ancestor	true original
Other adjectives: dead, single, actual, supposed, alleged, roman.

Big Bad: Though the series has several recurring villains, the one ultimately responsible for most of the action is Bryseis Kakistos, Farideh and Havilar's ancestor and the original Brimstone Angel.

Source: Literature / Brimstone Angels
Every member of the teams of Samurai Sentai Shinkenger and Ninja Sentai Kakuranger (bar sixth rangers) have a famous ancestor - more specifically, they were the original group.

Source: Famous Ancestor
In the original, '60s comic Legion, Brainiac 5 didn't so much create the force field belt as recreate the force field technology used by his "ancestor", the original Brainiac.

Source: Deflector Shields aka: Deflector Shield

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