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lineage

noun
/ˈlɪn.i.ɪd͡ʒ/

Etymology

From Middle English linage, from Old French linage, from ligne, from Latin linea (“line”); equivalent to line + -age.

  1. derived from linea
  2. derived from linage
  3. inherited from linage

Definitions

  1. Descent in a line from a common progenitor

    Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage.

    • 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; […]

  2. A number of lines of text in a column.

    • Total newspaper advertising lineage in the North Atlantic region

  3. A fee or rate paid per line of text.

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Derived

bilineage, female lineage, hemilineage, interlineage, intralineage, lineaged, lineage temple, lineage zone, lineaging, male lineage, matrilateral lineage, matrilineage, matrilineal lineage, multilineage, osteolineage, patrilineage, patrilineal lineage, sublineage, superlineage, trilineage, unilineage

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at lineage. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01lineage02paid03pay04debt05adopt06child07daughter08offspring09progeny

A definitional loop anchored at lineage. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at lineage

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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