different between parentage vs lineage

English

Etymology

From Middle French, from Old French parentage

Noun

parentage (countable and uncountable, plural parentages)

1. The identity and nature of one's parents, and in particular, the legitimacy of one's birth.
2. The social quality of one's class in society.
   • 1608, Shakespeare, Pericles, Act 5, Scene 1:

     My fortunes parentage — good parentage — To equal mine! — was it not thus? What say you?

3. (figuratively) Origin; derivation.

Related terms

• parentship
• parentdom

Translations

Anagrams

• pageanter

Old French

Etymology

parent +? -age

Noun

parentage m (oblique plural parentages, nominative singular parentages, nominative plural parentage)

1. bloodline, heritage

   Jeo sui de bon parentage - I am of noble birth

Synonyms

• parenté

English

Alternative forms

• linage

Etymology

From Middle English linage, from Old French linage, from ligne, from Latin linea (“line”); equivalent to line +? -age.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?.ni.?d?/

Noun

lineage (countable and uncountable, plural lineages)

1. Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage.
2. (advertising) A number of lines of text in a column.
3. A fee or rate paid per line of text.

Related terms

• line
• lineal
• linear

Translations

See also

• genealogy

References

• lineage in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• lineage in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.