Meanings
nounmultilineage (countable and uncountable, plural multilineages)
plural multilineages
- countableuncountableusually noun adjunctMultiple lineages
a multilineage progenitor
1 more example
This is a crucial point: the road to the present is not an evolution of unilinear descent; rather, it is a complex formation of multilineages, each including several segments and a number of extended families, of the same origin but with very different outlooks.
2002, Xin Liu, The Otherness of Self, →ISBN, page 120
Origin
- Proto-Italic*moltos
- Latinmultus
- Latinmultī
- Middle Englishmulti-
- Englishmulti-
- Englishlineage
- Englishmultilineage
Cite this entry
APA
multilineage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multilineage
MLA
“multilineage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multilineage. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “multilineage,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multilineage.
Source: multilineage on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.