单词 | genealogy |
释义 | genealogy/dʒiːnɪˈalədʒi / /dʒɛnɪˈalədʒi/noun (plural genealogies) 1A line of descent traced continuously from an ancestor: the genealogies of the kings of Mercia...
Synonyms pedigree, ancestry, descent, lineage, line, line of descent, family tree, extraction, derivation, origin, heritage, parentage, paternity, birth, family, dynasty, house, race, strain, stock, breed, blood, bloodline, history, background, roots rare stirps, filiation, stemma 1.1 [mass noun] The study and tracing of lines of descent.Like the heritage movement and the study of genealogy and local history, which underwent a similar boom, the new museums reflected a desire, not merely to learn about the past, but to re-enter it imaginatively....
1.2A plant’s or animal’s line of evolutionary development from earlier forms.However, theory predicts that in rapidly speciating taxa gene genealogies will vary between loci....
Derivativesgenealogist
genealogize
OriginMiddle English: via Old French and late Latin from Greek genealogia, from genea 'race, generation' + -logia (see -logy). Rhymes |
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