pedigree

Meaning

Noun

1. A chart, list, or record of ancestors, to show breeding, especially distinguished breeding.
2. A person's ancestral history; ancestry, lineage.
3. Good breeding or ancestry.
4. The history or provenance of an idea, custom etc.
5. The ancestry of a domesticated animal, especially a dog or horse.

Adj

1. Having a pedigree.
2. Purebred.

Verb

To determine the pedigree of (an animal).

Synonyms

lineage

genealogy

ancestry

descent

family

👪

family tree

parentage

bloodline

stock

clan

thoroughbred

line

descendant

origin

line of descent

race

blood

🩸

pedigreed

blood line

stemma

family line

history

nationality

good family

pureblood

genealogical tree

birth

pureblooded

heredity

posterity

progeny

purebred

pure-bred

crease

racial

racy

hierarchy

relative

root

source

species

stem

breed

strain

succession

type

family background

background

fold

generation

registered

®️

kin

kindred

linage

etymology

dynasty

descendants

derivation

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpɛd.ɪ.ɡɹi/

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman pé de grue, a variant of Old French pié de gru (“foot of a crane”), from Latin pes (“foot”) + grus (“crane”).