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English
Etymology
From Middle French, from Old French parentage.
Noun
parentage (countable and uncountable, plural parentages)
- The identity and nature of one's parents, and in particular, the legitimacy of one's birth.
c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. The First Part , 2nd edition, part 1, London: Richard Iones, , published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene ii:I am a Lord, for so my deedes ſhall prooue,
And yet a ſhepheard by my Parentage: […]
1986, John le Carré, A Perfect Spy:English gentlemen, after all, do not discriminate against each other on the grounds of parentage, only of breeding.
- The social quality of one's class in society.
1608, Shakespeare, Pericles, act 5, scene 1:My fortunes parentage — good parentage — To equal mine! — was it not thus? What say you?
- (figurative) Origin; derivation.
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Translations
identity of one's parents
Anagrams
Old French
Etymology
parent + -age
Noun
parentage oblique singular, m (oblique plural parentages, nominative singular parentages, nominative plural parentage)
- bloodline, heritage
- Jeo sui de bon parentage - I am of noble birth
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