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genealogy

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9
Pronunciation
/ˌd͡ʒiniˈɑlədʒi/
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/ˌd͡ʒiniˈɑlədʒi/ · /ˌd͡ʒiniˈælədʒi/ · /ˌdʒiːniˈælədʒi/ · /ˌdʒiːniˈɒlədʒi/

Definition of genealogy

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable)The descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or ancestors; lineage or pedigree.
    “The book significantly extends on Rosenstein’s monumental 1990 work, “The Unbroken Chain,” which focused on the genealogies of the major Ashkenazi rabbinic dynasties from medieval times to the present.”
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noun

  1. (countable)The descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or ancestors; lineage or pedigree.
    “The book significantly extends on Rosenstein’s monumental 1990 work, “The Unbroken Chain,” which focused on the genealogies of the major Ashkenazi rabbinic dynasties from medieval times to the present.”
  2. (countable)A record or table of such descent; a family tree.
  3. (uncountable)The study, and formal recording of such descents.

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Etymology

From Middle English genealogie, genologie, genelogie, from Old French genealogie (Modern French généalogie), from Late Latin genealogia, from Ancient Greek γενεαλογία (genealogía), from γενεά (geneá, “generation, descent”) and -λογία (-logía, “study of”).

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