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单词 lineage
释义

lineage

1
[ lin-ee-ij ]
/ ˈlɪn i ɪdʒ /
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noun

lineal descent from an ancestor; ancestry or extraction: She could trace her lineage to the early Pilgrims.
the line of descendants of a particular ancestor; family.

Origin of lineage

1
1275–1325; line(al) + -age; replacing Middle English linage<Anglo-French; Old French lignage<Vulgar Latin *līneāticum.See line1, -age

SYNONYMS FOR lineage

1 pedigree, parentage, derivation, genealogy.
2 tribe, clan.
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WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH lineage

linage, lineage

Words nearby lineage

lindy, line, linea, linea alba, linea aspera, lineage, lineal, lineament, line angle, linea nigra, linear

Definition for lineage (2 of 2)

lineage2
[ lahy-nij ]
/ ˈlaɪ nɪdʒ /

noun

linage.
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British Dictionary definitions for lineage (1 of 2)

lineage1
/ (ˈlɪnɪɪdʒ) /

noun

direct descent from an ancestor, esp a line of descendants from one ancestor
a less common word for derivation

Word Origin for lineage

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

British Dictionary definitions for lineage (2 of 2)

lineage2
/ (ˈlaɪnɪdʒ) /

noun

a variant spelling of linage
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