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Pedigree
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a genealogical tree, a tabular statement of descent (see Genealogy). The word first appears at the beginning of the 15th century and takes an extraordinary variety of forms, &c. It is generally accepted that these point to a corruption of Fr. pied de grue, foot of a crane, and that the probable reference is to the marks resembling the claw of a bird found in old genealogies showing the lines of descent. Such etymologies as Minshea's par degres, by degrees, or pore degres, descent by the father, are mere guesses.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Pedigree'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​p/pedigree.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Pedigree'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​p/pedigree.html. 1910.