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Synonyms for parentage

  • noun

Most common

descent ancestry lineage pedigree birth parenthood

All synonyms

Noun

1. Ancestry — origin; derivation

ancestry, pedigree, lineage, descent, origin, bloodline, family, nationality, stock, source, blood, extraction, line, stemma

Other

birth, parenthood

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    Origin; derivation.

Related words

Word family
parentship

Forms

Plural
parentages → ancestries, pedigrees, lineages, descents…

Example sentences

  • descent Most of Algeria's population is of Berber descent.
  • ancestry She claims she has absolutely no Berber ancestry.
  • lineage The young rabbi often brags about his lineage.
  • birth The work will give birth to a new school of novel.
  • parenthood Ziri and Rima got lost in the world of parenthood.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
parentagesteady
descentsteady
ancestryrising
lineagerising
pedigreesteady
birthrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
line1
5 letters
blood1, stock1, birth1
6 letters
family3, source1, origin3, stemma
7 letters
descent2, lineage3
8 letters
ancestry3, pedigree3
9 letters
bloodline2
10 letters
extraction3, parenthood3
11 letters
nationality5

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (family3 = 3 syllables).