pedigree

From Anglo-Norman pé de grue, a variant of Old French pié de gru (“foot of a crane”), from Latin pes (“foot”) + grus (“crane”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛd.ɪ.ɡɹi/

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pedigree (countable and uncountable, plural pedigrees)

1. A chart, list, or record of ancestors, to show breeding, especially distinguished breeding. [from 15th c.]
2. A person's ancestral history; ancestry, lineage. [from 15th c.]
3. (uncountable) Good breeding or ancestry. [from 15th c.]
4. The history or provenance of an idea, custom etc. [from 16th c.]
   • 2012, Faramerz Dabhoiwala, The Origins of Sex, Penguin, published 2013, page 33:

     This connection between sexual and spiritual impurity had an immense pedigree.

5. The ancestry of a domesticated animal, especially a dog or horse. [from 17th c.]

pedigree (comparative more pedigree, superlative most pedigree)

1. Having a pedigree.
2. Purebred.

pedigree (third-person singular simple present pedigrees, present participle pedigreeing, simple past and past participle pedigreed)

1. (transitive) To determine the pedigree of (an animal).

• genealogy

• Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “pedigree”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /pe.di.ɡʁe/

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pedigree m (plural pedigrees)

1. alternative spelling of pédigrée (“pedigree”)

• “pedigree”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Unadapted borrowing from English pedigree.

pedigree m (plural pedigrees)

1. pedigree (chart of ancestors, showing the breed of an animal)

pedigree (invariable)

1. purebred; pedigree

pedigree n (plural pedigreeuri)

1. alternative form of pedigri

pedigree m (plural pedigrees)

1. pedigree