an ancestor is a form of:

Ancestor



noun
1.
(បច្ចេកទេស) បុព្វការីជន
2.
(LITERARY) បុព្វជន
3.
ជីដូនជីតា
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
1.
One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a fore father.
2.
An earlier type; a progenitor; as, this fossil animal is regarded as the ancestor of the horse.
3.
One from whom an estate has descended; -- the correlative of heir.