pedigree

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman pé de grue, a variant of Old French pié de gru (“foot of a crane”), from Latin pes (“foot”) + grus (“crane”).

noun

1. A chart, list, or record of ancestors, to show breeding, especially distinguished breeding.
2. A person's ancestral history; ancestry, lineage.
3. (uncountable) Good breeding or ancestry.
4. The history or provenance of an idea, custom etc.
   This connection between sexual and spiritual impurity had an immense pedigree. 2012, Faramerz Dabhoiwala, The Origins of Sex, Penguin, published 2013, page 33
5. The ancestry of a domesticated animal, especially a dog or horse.

adj

1. Having a pedigree.
2. Purebred.

verb

1. (transitive) To determine the pedigree of (an animal).