genealogy
/ˌd͡ʒiniˈælədʒi/
UK: /ˌdʒiːniˈɒlədʒi/
genealogy
English
Noun Top 37,277
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Definition
The descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or ancestors; lineage or pedigree.
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”).
Example Sentences
- "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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