1a. A line of ancestors; a lineage. b. A list of ancestors; a family tree. 2. A chart of an individual's ancestors used in human genetics to analyze Mendelian inheritance of certain traits, especially of familial diseases. 3. A list of the ancestors of a purebred animal.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English pedegru, from Anglo-Norman pe de grue : pe, foot (from Latin ps; see pedi–) + de, of (from Latin d; see de–) + grue, crane (from the resemblance of a crane's foot to the lines of succession on a genealogical chart) (from Vulgar Latin *gr, from Latin grs, gru-; see ger-2 in Appendix I).
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