genealogy
[jee-nee-ol-uh-jee, -al-, jen-ee-]
noun, plural ge·ne·al·o·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.
Biology. a group of individuals or species having a common ancestry: The various species of Darwin's finches form a closely knit genealogy.
Origin of genealogy
Synonyms for genealogy
1. See pedigree.
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genetic, national, tribal, familial, inborn, ancestral, folk, hereditary, lineal, phyletic, phylogenetic, affiliated, congenital, consanguine, consanguineous, inbred, inherited, innate, maternal, oldExamples from the Web for genealogical
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An arboreal animal which makes itself at home in genealogical trees.
The Devil's DictionaryAmbrose Bierce
He showed her first the genealogical tree of the Rougon-Macquarts.
Doctor PascalEmile Zola
Yes; this is the genealogical tree that I had not even brought up to date.
Doctor PascalEmile Zola
Thus, the natural system is genealogical in its arrangement, like a pedigree.
On the Origin of SpeciesCharles Darwin
Amiand, his attempt at a genealogical arrangement of Old Bab.
The Religion of Babylonia and AssyriaMorris Jastrow
genealogy
noun plural -gies
Word Origin for genealogy
C13: from Old French genealogie, from Late Latin geneālogia, from Greek, from genea race
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genealogy
[jē′nē-ŏl′ə-jē, -ăl′-, jĕn′ē-]
n.
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