Pedigree Definition
pĕdĭ-grē
pedigrees
noun
pedigrees
A list of ancestors; record of ancestry; family tree.
Webster's New World
Descent; lineage; ancestry.
Webster's New World
A chart of an individual's ancestors used in human genetics to analyze Mendelian inheritance of certain traits, especially of familial diseases.
American Heritage Medicine
A recorded or known line of descent, esp. of a purebred animal.
Webster's New World
The background or origin of a person or thing, esp. as a mark of prestige or distinction.
An Ivy League pedigree.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Pedigree
Noun
Singular:
pedigree
Plural:
pedigreesOrigin of Pedigree
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Middle English pedegru from Anglo-Norman pe de grue pe foot (from Latin pēs pedi–) de of (from Latin dē de–) grue crane (from the resemblance of a crane's foot to the lines of succession on a genealogical chart) (from Vulgar Latin grūā) (from Latin grūs gru- gerə-2 in Indo-European roots)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Anglo-Norman pé de grue, a variant of Old French pié de gru (“foot of a crane"), from Latin pedem (“foot") + gruem (“crane").
From Wiktionary
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