genealogy
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Alternative forms [edit]
- geneology (common misspelling)
Etymology [edit]
From Old French genealogie (Modern French généalogie), from Late Latin genealogia, from Ancient Greek γενεαλογία (genealogia), from γενεά (genea, “generation, descent”) and -λογία (-logia, “study of”)
Noun [edit]
genealogy (countable and uncountable; plural genealogies)
- (countable) The descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or ancestors; lineage or pedigree.
- (countable) A record or table of such descent; a family tree.
- (uncountable) The study, and formal recording of such descents.
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Translations [edit]
the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or ancestors
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a record or table of such descent
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study and recording of descents
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