stemma

Meaning

1. A family tree or recorded genealogy.
2. In the study of stemmatics, a diagram showing the relationship of a text to its manuscripts.
3. One of the types of simple eyes in arthropods.

Synonyms

ancestry

bloodline

pedigree

blood line

ocellus

origin

parentage

line

blood

🩸

simple eye

descent

stock

lineage

line of descent

adaptive ocelli

voice part

family tree

tree diagram

ocellae

ocellalae

ocellanae

Translations

سُلالة

ذُرّيّة

descendència

llinatge

nissaga

estirp

πρόγονοι

μάτι μονού χιτώνα

descendance

origine

sang

🩸

ceppo

famiglia

👪

linea

نسْل

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin stemma, from Ancient Greek στέμμα (stémma).