parage
Middle English
/paˈraːdʒ(ə)/
noun
Definitions
- One's bloodline or ancestry, especially in terms of relative social status.
- A great or noble bloodline; an ancestry of high social status.
- (rare) Common social status or position; societal equalness.
- (rare) The right to hold land due to one's societal equivalence to other tenants.
- (rare) Esteem, significance.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French parage affix from Middle English pere (peer, pear, bridge pillar).
Origin
Middle English
pere
Gloss
peer, pear, bridge pillar
Concept
Semantic Field
Agriculture and vegetation
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
梨
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- disparage English
- parage English
- pear English
- pier English
- pera Latin
- pere Old English
- disparage Middle English
- disparagen Middle English
- noumpere Middle English
- pere Middle English
- pereles Middle English
- perer Middle English
- peres Middle English
- peretre Middle English
- perles Middle English
- desparage Old French
- parage Old French
- peer Scots