parentage

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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.
   • 1986, John le Carré, A Perfect Spy:

     English gentlemen, after all, do not discriminate against each other on the grounds of parentage, only of breeding.

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. origin; derivation

   Born and raised in Pristina, he was a Kosovar of Albanian parentage.

Related terms

• parentship
• parentdom

Translations

identity of one's parents

• French: parenté (fr) f
• Romanian: părinți (ro) m pl, descendență (ro) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Spanish: parentela f

Anagrams

• pageanter

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Old French

Etymology

parent +‎ -age

Noun

parentage oblique singular, 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