The definition of a pedigree is a record of known lineage or ancestors.
(noun)See pedigree in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
Origin: ME pedegru, pe de gre < MFr pié de grue, lit., crane's foot < L pes, foot + grus, a crane: from the lines in the genealogical tree
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Origin: Middle English pedegru
Origin: , from Anglo-Norman pe de grue
Origin: : pe, foot (from Latin pēs; see pedi-)
Origin: + de, of (from Latin dē; see de-)
Origin: + 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-; see gerə-2 in Indo-European roots)
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