European descent
Old World lineage
European descent refers to ancestry traceable to the peoples of Europe.
The phrase appears most often in demographic, genetic, or legal contexts: The study focused on individuals of European descent.
It typically encompasses a broad range of ethnicities—from Scandinavian to Mediterranean—united by geographic origin rather than culture or appearance.
In American usage, it often functions as a more precise alternative to "white."
- CelticOf Irish-Welsh descent
- EnglandLargest British country
- FranceWestern European republic
- colonizationForeign territorial takeover
- GermanicOf Teutonic language stock
emigration · Basque · Sami · diaspora · Flemish · Slavic · Old World · Italy · Norse · Anglo-Saxon · Spain · Latin · Western civilization · religious traditions · Scandinavia · settlement · Ellis Island · melting pot
- European American heritageethnic heritage, ancestry, Italian American, Irish American, German American
- demographicspopulation density, population growth, age distribution, population, gender ratio
- genealogyfamily trees, family history, ancestors, ancestry tracing, pedigrees
- Argentine Peoplecriollo, gaucho, gauchos, mestizo, mestizos
European descentAfrican descent
Ancestry from Africa
Afro-descendant · African heritage · Asian heritage · people of color · African ancestry
European descentIndigenous
Original inhabitants of land
indigenous peoples · native · First Nations · Aboriginal · autochthonous
Europe, European, Europeans, Europeanization, descent, descend, descends, descended, descending