lineage

Meaning

  1. (countable, uncountable) Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage.
  2. (countable, uncountable) A number of lines of text in a column.
  3. (countable, uncountable) A fee or rate paid per line of text.

Synonyms

descent
C1
family
A1
👪
pedigree
22k
ancestry
24k
parentage
race
A2
clan
B2
origin
C1
genealogy
37k
stock
B2
line
A1

line of descent

descendant
C2
extraction
C2

blood line

blood
A1
🩸
bloodline
C2

family line

birth
B1
family tree
history
A2
tribe
B2
progeny
31k
filiation
linage
strain
C1
heredity
43k
derivation
nationality
C2
posterity
21k
consanguinity
ethnic group
dynasty
C1
stemma
descendants
C2
system
A2
relatives
B2
species
B2
kind
A1
kinship
29k
kin
C1
family name
background
B2
identity
B2
extended family
breeding
C1
ethnic
C2
breed
C1
antecedents
detain
C2
Translations

Abstammung
linaje
lignage
lignée
descendance
Herkunft
stirpe
afstamming
lignaggio
Familie
👪
discendenza
afkomst
estirpe
komaf
casata
Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈlɪn.i.ɪd͡ʒ/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle English
linage
In summary

From Middle English linage, from Old French linage, from ligne, from Latin linea (“line”); equivalent to line + -age.

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