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filiation

noun

Etymology

First attested in c. 1520. From French filiation

  1. borrowed from filiation

Definitions

  1. The condition of being a child of a specified parent.

  2. The ancestry or lineage shared by a group having the same bloodline.

  3. The determination of paternity.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. One that is derived from a parent or source

      One that is derived from a parent or source; an offshoot.

      • The filiations are from a common stock.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for filiation. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA