Definition of 'genealogy'
Word forms: plural genealogies
1. uncountable noun
Genealogy is the study of the history of families, especially through studying historical documents to discover the relationships between particular people and their families.
2. countable noun [usually with poss]
A genealogy is the history of a family over several generations, for example describing who each person married and who their children were.
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genealogy in British English
nounWord forms: plural -gies
2.
the study of the evolutionary development of animals and plants from earlier forms
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genealogically (ˌgeneaˈlogically)
adverb
genealogist (ˌgeneˈalogist)
noun
Word origin
C13: from Old French genealogie, from Late Latin geneālogia, from Greek, from genea race
Word Frequency
genealogy in American English
nounWord forms: plural ˌgeneˈalogies
1.
a chart or recorded history of the descent of a person or family from an ancestor or ancestors
2.
the science or study of family descent
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Derived forms
genealogist (ˌgeneˈalogist)
noun
Word Frequency
genealogy in American English
(ˌdʒiniˈɑlədʒi, -ˈæl-, ˌdʒeni-)
nounWord forms: plural -gies
SYNONYMS 1. See pedigree.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
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Derived forms
genealogical (ˌdʒiniəˈlɑdʒɪkəl, ˌdʒeni-) or genealogic adjective
genealogically
adverb
genealogist
noun
Word origin
[1250–1300; ME genealogie ‹ MF ‹ LL geneālogia ‹ Gk geneālogía pedigree, equiv. to geneā́ race ( see gene) + -logia -logy]Examples of 'genealogy' in a sentence
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