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ge⋅ne⋅al⋅o⋅gy

  [jee-nee-ol-uh-jee, -al-, jen-ee-]
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–noun, 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; ME genealogie < MF < LL geneālogia < Gk geneālogía pedigree, equiv. to gene race (see gene ) + -logia -logy

Related forms:
ge⋅ne⋅a⋅log⋅i⋅cal  [jee-nee-uh-loj-i-kuhl, jen-ee-] , ge⋅ne⋅a⋅log⋅ic, adjective
ge⋅ne⋅a⋅log⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
ge⋅ne⋅al⋅o⋅gist, noun

Synonyms:
1. See pedigree.
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ge·ne·al·o·gy   (jē'nē-ŏl'ə-jē, -āl'-, jěn'ē-)   
n.   pl. ge·ne·al·o·gies
  1. A record or table of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or ancestors; a family tree.
  2. Direct descent from an ancestor; lineage or pedigree.
  3. The study or investigation of ancestry and family histories.

[Middle English genealogie, from Old French, from Late Latin geneālogia, from Greek geneālogiā : geneā, family; see genə- in Indo-European roots + -logiā, -logy.]
ge'ne·a·log'i·cal (-ə-lŏj'ĭ-kəl) adj., ge'ne·a·log'i·cal·ly adv., ge'ne·al'o·gist n.
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Genealogy

Gen`e*al"o*gy\, n.; pl. Genealogies. [OE. genealogi, genelogie, OF. genelogie, F. g['e]n['e]alogie, L. genealogia, fr. Gr. ?; ? birth, race, descent (akin to L. genus) + ? discourse.]

1. An account or history of the descent of a person or family from an ancestor; enumeration of ancestors and their children in the natural order of succession; a pedigree.

2. Regular descent of a person or family from a progenitor; pedigree; lineage.
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Language Translation for : genealogy
Spanish: genealogíagenealogía,
German: die Genealogie,
Japanese: 家系
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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.

  1. A record or table of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or ancestors; a family tree.
  2. The study or investigation of ancestry and family histories.

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