lineage
/ˈlɪn.i.ɪd͡ʒ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.46 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Theſe Anius Ueres [Marcus Annius Verus, father of Marcus Aurelius] was a lygnage, that auanced them to be deſcẽded [descended] of Numa Pompilio, and of Quintꝰ [Quintus] Curtius the famous Romayn: […]"
- "Edwards great linage by the mothers ſide, / Fiue hundred yeeres hath helde the ſcepter vp,"
- "[…]; and therefore they were to me now no more than if they had never been of my Linage; […]"
- "Accept this welcome to the Spartan court; / The waſte of nature let the feaſt repair, / Then your high lineage and your names declare: / Say from what ſcepter'd anceſtry ye claim, / Recorded eminent in deathleſs fame?"
- "To counterbalance those foreign centinels^([sic]), there mounted guard on the other side of the mirror two stout warders of Scottish lineage; […]"
- "“Ah, but these hens,” answered the young man,—“these hens of aristocratic lineage would scorn to understand the vulgar language of a barn-yard fowl. I prefer to think—and so would Miss Hepzibah—that they recognize the family tone. For you are a Pyncheon?”"
Etymology
From Middle English linage, from Old French linage, from ligne, from Latin linea (“line”); equivalent to line + -age.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈlɪn.i.ɪd͡ʒ/
- British English: /ˈlɪn.i.ɪd͡ʒ/
Usage
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
Phrases
female lineage
lineage temple
lineage zone
male lineage
matrilateral lineage
matrilineal lineage
patrilineal lineage