pedigree
noun
[ ˈpɛdɪɡriː ]
• the record of descent of an animal, showing it to be pure-bred.
• "they are looking for animals with pedigrees"
• the recorded ancestry or lineage of a person or family.
• "with a pedigree equal to many of the gentry"
Similar:
ancestry,
descent,
lineage,
line,
line of descent,
genealogy,
family tree,
extraction,
derivation,
origin,
heritage,
parentage,
paternity,
birth,
family,
dynasty,
house,
race,
strain,
stock,
breed,
blood,
bloodline,
history,
background,
roots,
stirps,
filiation,
stemma,
pedigree
adjective
• (of an animal) pure-bred.
• "pedigree cats"
Origin:
late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French pé de grue ‘crane's foot’, a mark used to denote succession in pedigrees.
