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lin·e·age

1   [lin-ee-ij]
noun
1.
lineal descent from an ancestor; ancestry or extraction: She could trace her lineage to the early Pilgrims.
2.
the line of descendants of a particular ancestor; family; race.
Origin:
1275–1325; line(al) + -age; replacing Middle English linage < Anglo-French; Old French lignage < Vulgar Latin *līneāticum. See line1, -age

Synonyms
1. pedigree, parentage, derivation, genealogy. 2. tribe, clan.

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line·age

2   [lahy-nij]
noun
linage.
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lineage
c.1300, from O.Fr. lignage, from ligne "line," from L. linea (see line (n.)).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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