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PRONUNCIATION:
(fil-ee-AY-shuhn) 
MEANING:
noun:
1. The fact of being descended or derived from someone or something.
2. The act of determining such relationship.
3. Forming of a new branch.
1. The fact of being descended or derived from someone or something.
2. The act of determining such relationship.
3. Forming of a new branch.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin filius (son). Earliest documented use: 1529.
USAGE:
“French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner recently asked the German government to grant citizenship to French war babies who seek it after tracing their filiation.”
Edward Cody; “At Last I Had a Father”; The Gazette (Montreal, Canada); Dec 12, 2009.
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Edward Cody; “At Last I Had a Father”; The Gazette (Montreal, Canada); Dec 12, 2009.
See more usage examples of filiation in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.
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