parentage

par·ent·age

noun \ˈper-ən-tij\

Definition of PARENTAGE

1

a : descent from parents or ancestors : lineage <a person of noble parentage> b : derivation, origin <a tradition of uncertain parentage>

2

: parenthood

Examples of PARENTAGE

1. <they were pleased that their son's girlfriend was of good parentage>

Origin of PARENTAGE

Middle English, from Anglo-French, from parent

First Known Use: 15th century

Related to PARENTAGE

Synonyms: birth, blood, bloodline, breeding, descent, extraction, family tree, genealogy, line, lineage, origin, ancestry, pedigree, stock, strain

Antonyms: issue, posterity, progeny, seed

Related Words: heredity, succession; family, house; kin, kindred, relations, relatives; race

Near Antonyms: offspring; child, heir, inheritor, son, successor

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