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- [jee-nee-ol-uh-jee, -al-, jen-ee-]
- /ˌdʒi niˈɒl ə dʒi, -ˈæl-, ˌdʒɛn i-/
- /ˌdʒiː.niˈæl.ə.dʒi/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [jee-nee-ol-uh-jee, -al-, jen-ee-]
- /ˌdʒi niˈɒl ə dʒi, -ˈæl-, ˌdʒɛn i-/
Definitions of genealogy word
- noun plural genealogy a record or account of the ancestry and descent of a person, family, group, etc. 1
- noun plural genealogy the study of family ancestries and histories. 1
- noun plural genealogy descent from an original form or progenitor; lineage; ancestry. 1
- noun plural genealogy Biology. a group of individuals or species having a common ancestry: The various species of Darwin's finches form a closely knit genealogy. 1
- noun genealogy A line of descent traced continuously from an ancestor. 1
- noun genealogy ancestry, descent 1
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Origin of genealogy
First appearance:
before 1250 One of the 11% oldest English words
1250-1300; Middle English genealogie < Middle French < Late Latin geneālogia < Greek geneālogía pedigree, equivalent to geneā́ race (see gene) + -logia -logy
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Parts of speech for Genealogy
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
genealogy popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 83% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
genealogy usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for genealogy
noun genealogy
- lineage — the number of printed lines, especially agate lines covered by a magazine article, newspaper advertisement, etc.
- ancestry — Your ancestry is the fact that you are descended from certain people.
- parentage — derivation or descent from parents or ancestors; birth, origin, or lineage: a man of distinguished parentage.
- pedigree — an ancestral line; line of descent; lineage; ancestry.
- generation — the entire body of individuals born and living at about the same time: the postwar generation.
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