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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ge•ne•al•o•gy /ˌdʒiniˈɑlədʒi, -ˈæl-, ˌdʒɛni-/USA pronunciation n., pl. -gies. - [countable] a record or account of the ancestry and descent of a person, family, group, etc.
- [uncountable] the study of family ancestries and histories.
- ancestry; descent from an original form:[countable]the genealogy of certain plants.
ge•ne•a•log•i•cal /ˌdʒiniəˈlɑdʒɪkəl, ˌdʒɛni-/USA pronunciation ge•ne•a•log•ic, adj. ge•ne•al•o•gist, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ge•ne•al•o•gy ( jē′nē ol′ə jē, -al′-, jen′ē-),USA pronunciation n., pl. -gies. - a record or account of the ancestry and descent of a person, family, group, etc.
- the study of family ancestries and histories.
- descent from an original form or progenitor; lineage;
ancestry. - Biologya group of individuals or species having a common ancestry:The various species of Darwin's finches form a closely knit genealogy.
- Greek geneālogía pedigree, equivalent. to geneá̄ race (see gene) + -logia -logy
- Late Latin geneālogia
- Middle French
- Middle English genealogie 1250–1300
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See pedigree.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: genealogy /ˌdʒiːnɪˈælədʒɪ/ n ( pl -gies)- the direct descent of an individual or group from an ancestor
- the study of the evolutionary development of animals and plants from earlier forms
- a chart showing the relationships and descent of an individual, group, genes, etc
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French genealogie, from Late Latin geneālogia, from Greek, from genea racegenealogical /ˌdʒiːnɪəˈlɒdʒɪkəl/, ˌgeneaˈlogic adj ˌgeneaˈlogically adv ˌgeneˈalogist n |