late 15c., "parental conduct," from Middle French parentage (12c.), from parent (see parent). Meaning "lineage" is from 1560s; figurative use from 1580s.
实用例句
1. She's a Londoner of mixed parentage (English and Jamaican).
她是个混血（英国和牙买加）伦敦人。来自柯林斯例句
2. We are all the result of our parentage and up-bringing.
我们都是由各自的出身和教育造就的。来自柯林斯例句
3. He was born of Anglo-American parentage.
他是英美混血儿。来自柯林斯例句
4. a young American of German parentage
一个年轻的德裔美国人来自《权威词典》
5. Georg Cantor was born in Russia of Danish - Jewish parentage . Georg Cantor.
