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genealogy (iou)



genealogy noun. ME.
[Old & mod. French genealogie from late Latin genealogia, from Greek genealogia, from genealogos genealogist, from genea race, generation: see -LOGY.]
An account of a person's descent from an ancestor or ancestors, by enumeration of the intermediate people; a pedigree. ME.
C. H. Pearson The early mention of genealogies in the Welsh laws is proof of the importance attached to noble birth.
Lineage, pedigree, family stock. ME-M16.
Progeny, offspring. E16-M18.
(The branch of knowledge that deals with) the investigation of the details of ancestry. E19.
A. Tucker Genealogy and chronology can scarcely be called sciences.
The line of development of a plant or animal from earlier forms. L19.
genealogist noun a person who researches or studies genealogies E17.
genealogize verb trans. & intrans. (a) verb trans. draw up a genealogy of; (b) verb intrans. trace the descent of people or families; make out genealogies: E17.