parentage

English

Etymology

From Middle French, from Old French parentage.

Noun

parentage (countable and uncountable, plural parentages)

1. 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: […] [R. Robinson for] 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.

2. 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?

3. (figurative) Origin; derivation.

Derived terms

• mixed parentage

Related terms

• parentship
• parentdom

Translations

identity of one's parents

• Bulgarian: бащинство n (baštinstvo), майчинство (bg) n (majčinstvo)
• French: parenté (fr) f
• Romanian: părinți (ro) m pl, descendență (ro) f
• Russian: происхождение (ru) (proisxoždenije)
• Spanish: parentela (es) f

Anagrams

• pageanter

Old French

Etymology

parent +‎ -age

Noun

parentage oblique singular, m (oblique plural parentages, nominative singular parentages, nominative plural parentage)

1. bloodline, heritage

   Jeo sui de bon parentage - I am of noble birth

Synonyms

• parenté