pedigreed

ped·i·gree  (pd-gr)

n.

1.

a. 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.

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[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 Indo-European roots).]

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pedi·greed adj.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

pedigreed - having a list of ancestors as proof of being a purebred animal pedigree, pureblood, pureblooded, thoroughbred purebred - bred for many generations from member of a recognized breed or strain

Translations

pedigreed

adj → reinrassig