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ge·ne·al·o·gy

(jē′nē-ŏl′ə-jē, -ăl′-, jĕn′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

(ˌdʒiːnɪˈælədʒɪ)

n, pl -gies

1. (Genetics) the direct descent of an individual or group from an ancestor

2. (Genetics) the study of the evolutionary development of animals and plants from earlier forms

3. (Genetics) a chart showing the relationships and descent of an individual, group, genes, etc

[C13: from Old French genealogie, from Late Latin geneālogia, from Greek, from genea race]

genealogical, ˌgeneaˈlogic adj

ˌgeneaˈlogically adv

ˌgeneˈalogist n

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ge•ne•al•o•gy

(ˌdʒi niˈɒl ə dʒi, -ˈæl-, ˌdʒɛn i-)

n., pl. -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; ancestry.

[1250–1300; < Middle French < Late Latin geneālogia < Greek geneālogía, derivative of geneālogeîn to trace a pedigree = geneā-, comb. form of genea family, race (see -gen) + -logein (see -logy)]

ge`ne•a•log′i•cal (-əˈlɒdʒ ɪ kəl) adj.

ge`ne•a•log′i•cal•ly, adv.

ge`ne•al′o•gist, n.

syn: See pedigree.

genealogy

1. a record or account of the ancestry and descent of a person, family, or group.
2. the study of family ancestries or histories.
3. descent from an original form or progenitor; lineage. — genealogist, n. — genealogie, genealogical, adj.

genealogy

The study of the ancestry of a person or group.

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Noun	1.	genealogy - successive generations of kin family tree kin group, kindred, kinship group, clan, kin, tribe - group of people related by blood or marriage blood line, bloodline, ancestry, lineage, pedigree, stemma, line of descent, parentage, blood, origin, descent, stock, line - the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors"
	2.	genealogy - the study or investigation of ancestry and family history discipline, field of study, subject area, subject field, bailiwick, subject, field, study - a branch of knowledge; "in what discipline is his doctorate?"; "teachers should be well trained in their subject"; "anthropology is the study of human beings"

genealogy

noun ancestry, descent, pedigree, line, origin, extraction, lineage, family tree, parentage, derivation, blood line He had sat and repeated his family's genealogy to her.

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genealogy

noun

1. A written record of ancestry:

family tree, pedigree.

2. One's ancestors or their character or one's ancestral derivation:

ancestry, birth, blood, bloodline, descent, extraction, family, line, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, seed, stock.

Translations

genealogierodokmen

genealogislægtsforskningstamtræ

Ahnenforschung Genealogie

γενεαλογία

genealogía

généalogie

genealogijarodoslovlje

genealógianemzedékrend

ættartaflaættfræîi

genealogia

genealogasgenealogijagenealoginis

ciltskoksģenealoģija, radu raksti

genealogiekwartierstaatparenteelstamboomstamboomonderzoek

genealogi slektsforskning slektstre stamtavle

генеалогия

genealógia

soy kütüğüsoy sop

宗谱家族史家系

genealogy

[ˌdʒiːnɪˈælədʒɪ] N → genealogía f

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genealogy

[ˌdʒiːniˈælədʒi] n → généalogie fgene pool n → patrimoine m génétique

genealogy

n → Genealogie f, → Stammbaumforschung f; (= ancestry) → Stammbaum m

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genealogy

[ˌdʒiːnɪˈælədʒɪ] n → genealogia

genealogy

(dʒiːniˈӕlədʒi) – plural geneˈalogies

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1. noun the history of families from generation to generation. the genealogy of the royal house of Tudor.

2. a plan, list etc of the ancestors of a person or family.

ˌgeneaˈlogical (-ˈlo-) adjective

ˌgeneˈalogist noun

a person who studies or makes genealogies.

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