parentage

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /ˈpɛrəntɪdʒ/ UK /ˈpeərəntɪdʒ/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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noun
the identity and origins of one's parents; ancestry

Little was known of the foundling's parentage.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · the identity and origins of... ancestry lineage descent extraction birth origin pedigree

Word family

Related forms parent parentalparenthood

Etymology

From Old French parentage 'kinship, lineage', from parent, from Latin parens (genitive parentis) 'parent', from parere 'to bring forth, give birth', plus the suffix -age.

parent Middle English parens Latin parere Latin

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# parentage

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈpɛrəntɪdʒ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈpeərəntɪdʒ/

## Meanings
1. the identity and origins of one's parents; ancestry

## Examples
- Little was known of the foundling's parentage.

## Synonyms
- ancestry
- lineage
- descent
- extraction
- birth
- origin
- pedigree

## Related Forms
- parent
- parental
- parenthood

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: parent
- Root: parens
- Root: parere

## Etymology
From Old French parentage 'kinship, lineage', from parent, from Latin parens (genitive parentis) 'parent', from parere 'to bring forth, give birth', plus the suffix -age.

## AI Etymology
Parentage is from Old French parentage 'kinship, lineage', from parent, from Latin parens (genitive parentis) 'parent', from parere 'to bring forth, give birth', plus the suffix -age. Important recorded forms include parent (Old French), parens (Latin), and parere (Latin). The modern sense follows that older lexical line closely. In current use it covers the identity and origins of one's parents; ancestry. The wider family includes related words such as parent, parental, and parenthood.

## Topics
- People & Society

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