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lineage

1

[ lin-ee-ij ]

noun

  1. lineal descent from an ancestor; ancestry or extraction:

    She could trace her lineage to the early Pilgrims.

    Synonyms: , , ,

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

    Synonyms: ,



lineage

2

[ lahy-nij ]

noun

lineage

1

/ ˈ±ôɪ²Ôɪɪ»åÏô /

noun

  1. direct descent from an ancestor, esp a line of descendants from one ancestor
  2. a less common word for derivation
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

lineage

2

/ ˈ±ô²¹Éª²Ôɪ»åÏô /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of linage
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of lineage1

1275–1325; line(al) + -age; replacing Middle English linage < Anglo-French; Old French lignage < Vulgar Latin *±ôÄ«²Ô±ðÄå³Ù¾±³¦³Ü³¾. See line 1, -age
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of lineage1

C14: from Old French lignage, from Latin ±ôÄ«²Ô±ð²¹ line 1
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As a member of a Super Bowl-winning lineage — Buddy with two rings, Rex with one and Rob with two himself — he’s picked up plenty of wisdom and is eager to share it.

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Its lineage goes back to the native Americans, and forward to what our recent forebears had built on those same spots.

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Her obsession with space and space creatures finds its lineage in some pots she shows from a book of her work.

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"Over time we are going to have this entire lineage of cold adapted elephants that we can put back into the wild that can interbreed"

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The bench’s lineage is open to debate, perhaps, with its own share of cinematic intrigue and minor plot twists.

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