lineage

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[ lin-ee-ij ]
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noun
  1. lineal descent from an ancestor; ancestry or extraction: She could trace her lineage to the early Pilgrims.

  2. the line of descendants of a particular ancestor; family.

Origin of lineage

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1275–1325; line(al) + -age; replacing Middle English linage<Anglo-French; Old French lignage<Vulgar Latin *līneāticum.See line1, -age

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lineage2
[ lahy-nij ]

noun

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British Dictionary definitions for lineage (1 of 2)

lineage1

/ (ˈlɪnɪɪdʒ) /


noun
  1. direct descent from an ancestor, esp a line of descendants from one ancestor

  2. a less common word for derivation

Origin of lineage

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C14: from Old French lignage, from Latin līnea line 1

British Dictionary definitions for lineage (2 of 2)

lineage2

/ (ˈlaɪnɪdʒ) /


noun
  1. a variant spelling of linage

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