genealogy

• geneology (common misspelling)

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”).

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌd͡ʒiniˈɑlədʒi/, /ˌd͡ʒiniˈælədʒi/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌdʒiːniˈælədʒi/, (sometimes proscribed) /ˌdʒiːniˈɒlədʒi/

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• Hyphenation: ge‧ne‧al‧o‧gy

genealogy (countable and uncountable, plural genealogies)

1. (countable) The descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or ancestors; lineage or pedigree.
2. (countable) A record or table of such descent; a family tree.
3. (uncountable) The study, and formal recording of such descents.

• pedigree

• genealogical
• genealogically
• genealogist
• genealogize

• family history
• lineage