lineage
noun
[ ˈlɪnɪɪdʒ ]
• direct descent from an ancestor; ancestry or pedigree.
• "a Dutch nobleman of ancient lineage"
Similar:
ancestry,
family,
parentage,
birth,
descent,
line,
extraction,
derivation,
heritage,
genealogy,
roots,
house,
dynasty,
origin,
background,
stock,
strain,
race,
bloodline,
blood,
breeding,
pedigree,
succession,
• a sequence of species each of which is considered to have evolved from its predecessor.
• "the chimpanzee and gorilla lineages"
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French lignage, from Latin linea ‘a line’ (see line1).
