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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 37 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PEDIGREE , a genealogical See also:

tree, a See also:tabular statement of descent (see See also:GENEALOGY). The word first appears at the beginning of the 13th See also:century and takes an extraordinary variety of forms,e.g. pedicree, pe de gre, petiegrew, petygru, &c. It is generally accepted that these point to a corruption of Fr. pied de grue, See also:foot of a See also:crane, and that the probable reference is to the marks resembling the claw of a See also:bird found in old genealogies showing the lines of descent. Such etymologies as Minshea's See also:par degres, by degrees, or Pere degres, descent by the See also:father, are See also:mere guesses.

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