ancestry

s. abolengo, alcurnia, ascendencia, casta, cepa, descendencia, estirpe, estofa, linaje, parentela, progenie, prosapia, ralea, sangre

linaje, ascendencia, abolengo, estirpe

Ex: These terms are necessarily rather vague, but have a very respectable ancestry (they go back to Aristotle).
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*descend from + ancestry = tener una ascendencia
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*have + a long ancestry = tener una gran tradición

(n.) = ascendencia, abolengo, alcurnia, linaje, estirpe
Ex: These terms are necessarily rather vague, but have a very respectable ancestry (they go back to Aristotle).
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* descend from + ancestry = tener una ascendencia
* have + a long ancestry = tener una gran tradición