Lineage

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈlɪn.i.ɪdÊ’/

Alternative forms

• linage

Origin

From Middle English linage, from Old French linage, from ligne, from Latin linea ("line"); see line.

Full definition of lineage

Noun

1. Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; race; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage.
• 2011, July 19, Ella Davies, Sticks insects survive one million years without sex, They traced the ancient lineages of two species to reveal the insects' lengthy history of asexual reproduction.
2. (advertising) A number of lines of text in a column.
• 1927, William Leonard Crum, Advertising Fluctuations, Seasonal and CyclicalTotal newspaper advertising lineage in the North Atlantic region

Related terms

• line
• lineal
• linear