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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.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English genealogie < Middle French < Late Latin geneālogia < Greek geneālogía pedigree, equivalent to geneā́ race (see gene) + -logia -logy
1250–1300; Middle English genealogie < Middle French < Late Latin geneālogia < Greek geneālogía pedigree, equivalent to geneā́ race (see gene) + -logia -logy
Related forms
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
EXPANDnon·ge·ne·a·log·i·cal·ly, adverb
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