Ancestry and Folk

Ancestry

Ancestry noun - The line of ancestors from whom a person is descended.

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Folk and ancestry are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Folk" instead a noun "Ancestry".

Nearby Words: ancestor, ancestral, ancestress

Folk noun - People descended from a common ancestor.

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Ancestry and folk are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ancestry" instead a noun "Folk".

human	human ancestry	human folk
pure	pure ancestry	pure folk
common	common ancestry	common folk
noble	noble ancestry	noble folk
Other adjectives: black, white, ancient, mixed, older, greek, Scottish, Scandinavian.

Salah-al-Din, a Muslim warlord of Kurdish ancestry, became something of a "Noble Heathen" folk hero to Europeans following his conquest of Jerusalem, which inspired the Third Crusade.

Source: Defeat Means Friendship

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Folk and Ancestry. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/ancestry/folk

Ancestry & Folk. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/ancestry/folk>.

Folk or Ancestry. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/ancestry/folk.

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