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Definitions for Pedigree
[1] an ancestral line; line of descent; lineage; ancestry.
[2] a genealogical table, chart, list, or record, especially of a purebred animal.
[3] distinguished, excellent, or pure ancestry.
[4] derivation, origin, or history: the pedigree of a word.
[5] the line of descent of a purebred animal (as modifier ) a pedigree bull
[6] a document recording this
[7] a genealogical table, esp one indicating pure ancestry
[8] derivation or background the pedigree of an idea
Words related to Pedigree
lineage, thoroughbred, origin, clan, family, race, descent, genealogy, breed, extraction, heredity, derivation, blood, line, stock, full-blooded, pedigreed, stirps
Words nearby Pedigree
pediculicide, pediculosis, pediculus, pedicure, pediform, pedigree, pedigree analysis, pedigreed, pediment, pediococcus, pedion
Origin of Pedigree
1375–1425; late Middle English pedegru < Anglo-French, equivalent to Middle French pie de grue literally, foot of crane, a fanciful way of describing the appearance of the lines of a genealogical chart
Other words from Pedigree
ped·i·gree·less , adjective
Word origin for Pedigree
C15: from Old French pie de grue crane's foot, alluding to the spreading lines used in a genealogical chart
Synonyms for Pedigree
thoroughbred, full-blooded, pedigreed, pure-blood