Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Lineage

Lineage (lin"e*aj; 48) , noun

[Old English linage, French lignage, from Latin linea line. See 3d Line.]

Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; race; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage.
Both the lineage and the certain sire From which I sprung, from me are hidden yet. — Spenser