Definition of genealogy noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

genealogy

noun

/ˌdʒiːniˈælədʒi/

(plural genealogies)

[uncountable] the study of family history, including the study of who the ancestors of a particular person wereTopics Historyc2, Family and relationshipsc2

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[countable] a particular person’s line of ancestors; a diagram that shows this
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- ancestor
- branch
- descent
- dynasty
- family tree
- genealogy
- generation
- inherit
- relation
- trace
Topics Family and relationshipsc2

Word OriginMiddle English: via Old French and late Latin from Greek genealogia, from genea ‘race, generation’ + -logia (see -logy).

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