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Parentage Common

Origin: French suffix -age

Parentage has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

the state of being a parent

"to everyone's surprise, parenthood reformed the man"

2

the kinship relation of an offspring to the parents

3

the descendants of one individual

"his entire lineage has been warriors"

4

The identity and nature of one's parents, and in particular, the legitimacy of one's birth.

See Also
parent parage identity legitimacy amerasian parentdom ill begotten parentship
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
adulthood kinship genealogy
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
family side
Rhyming Words
age sage tage rage wage aage mage yage lage cage gage page nage kage swage adage plage brage phage stage
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