Examples of 'ancestor of the modern' in a sentence

Meaning of "ancestor of the modern"

ancestor of the modern - a predecessor or early form of something that eventually evolved into the modern version we know today

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ancestor of the modern
It is the direct ancestor of the modern game.
The ancestor of the modern French green beans are from South America and Central America.
In a sense it is the ancestor of the modern turbine.
The ancestor of the modern corporation, the city of london corporation.
They were in effect the ancestor of the modern driving trailers.
The codex plural codices ( / ˈkɒdɪsiːz / ) was the historical ancestor of the modern book.
It may have been the ancestor of the modern gray fox.
Was it truly an ancestor of the modern tank or just a cumbersome medieval chariot.
The larger knife is likely the ancestor of the modern dirk.
This is also the ancestor of the modern mortarboard used today in secular universities.
The natural trumpet is a baroque era ancestor of the modern trumpet.
This was the ancestor of the modern bicycle and a step toward mechanized personal transport.
This beautiful boy is thus a distant ancestor of the modern programmable computer.
He is an ancestor of the modern day Dukes of Westminster.
A giant sea beast that was the direct ancestor of the modern water mollusk.

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The Jeepster is an ancestor of the modern Jeep family produced by Chrysler.
The dry pile could be referred to as the ancestor of the modern dry cell.
The most recent common ancestor of the modern equines lived from 4.0 to 4.5 million years ago.
Although this was not a snowmobile, it is an ancestor of the modern concept.
Thalassoleon could be the ancestor of the modern northern fur seal.
Talbot 's “ calotype ” was the first negative-to-positive process and the direct ancestor of the modern photograph.
It is thus the ultimate ancestor of the modern Parliament of Italy.
Unveiled to the public in February 1946, ENIAC is considered the ancestor of the modern computer.
It is the earliest direct ancestor of the modern Liberal Party of Australia.
October - Opening of À la Belle Jardinière clothing store, ancestor of the modern department store.
It was the direct ancestor of the modern women 's blouse.
This is believed to be the ancestor of the modern day Criollo.
And that cowboy is the ancestor of the modern superhero.
This breed is possibly the ancestor of the modern Poodle.
In effect, it was the ancestor of the modern SUV.
Beau Brummel introduced the ancestor of the modern blue suit, shaped to the body.
This is Vlad the Impaler, who is an ancestor of the modern day British family.
The phoneme / h / was lost in Late Latin, the ancestor of the modern Romance languages.

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Examples of using Ancestor
It was my ancestor who burned her at the stake
Lots of them were about this ancestor of mine
An ancestor is usually more distant than a grandparent
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Examples of using Modern
And the modern automobile age was born
We are not sure how he fits in to modern life
Lights heralding modern times in the workshops
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