lineage

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative forms 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Pronunciation 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Related terms 1.4.2 Translations 1.4.3 See also 1.5 References

[edit] English

Wikipedia

[edit] Alternative forms

• linage

[edit] Etymology

From Middle English linage, from Old French linage, from ligne, from Latin linea (“‘line’”); see line.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /'lɪn.i.ɪdʒ/, SAMPA: /"lIn.i.IdZ/

[edit] Noun

lineage (plural lineages)

1. Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; race; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage.
2. (advertising) A number of lines of text in a column.
   • 1927, William Leonard Crum, Advertising Fluctuations, Seasonal and Cyclical

     Total newspaper advertising lineage in the North Atlantic region

[edit] Related terms

• line
• lineal
• linear

[edit] Translations

[edit] See also

• genealogy

[edit] References

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