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genealogy

[ jee-nee-ol-uh-jee, -al-, jen-ee- ]

noun

, plural ge·ne·al·o·gies.
  1. a record or account of the ancestry and descent of a person, family, group, etc.
  2. the study of family ancestries and histories.
  3. descent from an original form or progenitor; lineage; ancestry.
  4. Biology. a group of individuals or species having a common ancestry:

    The various species of Darwin's finches form a closely knit genealogy.



genealogy

/ ˌdʒiːnɪˈælədʒɪ; ˌdʒiːnɪəˈlɒdʒɪkəl /

noun

  1. the direct descent of an individual or group from an ancestor
  2. the study of the evolutionary development of animals and plants from earlier forms
  3. a chart showing the relationships and descent of an individual, group, genes, etc


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Derived Forms

  • ˌgeneaˈlogically, adverb
  • genealogical, adjective
  • ˌgeneˈalogist, noun

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Other Words From

  • ge·ne·a·log·i·cal [jee-nee-, uh, -, loj, -i-k, uh, l, jen-ee-], gene·a·logic adjective
  • gene·a·logi·cal·ly adverb
  • gene·alo·gist noun
  • nonge·ne·a·logic adjective
  • nonge·ne·a·logi·cal adjective
  • nonge·ne·a·logi·cal·ly adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of genealogy1

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English genealogie, from Middle French, from Late Latin geneālogia, from Greek geneālogía “pedigree,” equivalent to geneā́ “race” + -logia noun suffix; gene -logy

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Word History and Origins

Origin of genealogy1

C13: from Old French genealogie, from Late Latin geneālogia, from Greek, from genea race

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Example Sentences

The most flamboyant of America's weenies, the Sonoran hot dog, has a murky genealogy.

Because the doctors do know who the person is; the doctors are conducting the genealogy.

Well, according to the genealogy experts at, uh, myvouchercodes.co.uk who commissioned the pictures, it is.

It was a rupture in our genealogy that came to serve as a metaphor for larger losses in black history.

Sophie Savides, 17Plays piano, pop genealogy class, “I Heart Music.”

William Berry, an English author, died at Bristol, aged 77; author of various works on genealogy and heraldry.

That was Pfalz-Neuburg's logic: none of the best, I think, in forensic genealogy.

This again led Moslim critics to the study of genealogy and geography.

Are you not a man whose genealogy, if verified, proves that you descend from Bahila?

For it is said that he had a genealogy, but that it was not in the priestly family.

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