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niˈɒlnoun, plural -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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- I'm interested in genealogy, but then again, I also worked as an archaeologist for quite a few years.
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- One sentence, "I hardly knew my parents," pretty much wraps up his genealogy.
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Word Origin & History
genealogy
c.1300, from O.Fr. genealogie, from L.L. genealogia "tracing of a family," from Gk. genealogia, from genea "generation, descent" (see genus) + logos "student of."
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genealogy ge·ne·al·o·gy (jē'nē-ŏl'ə-jē, -āl'-, jěn'ē-)
n.
A record or table of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or ancestors; a family tree.
The study or investigation of ancestry and family histories.
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