Meanings
noungenealogy (countable and uncountable, plural genealogies)
plural genealogies · alternative common misspelling geneology
- countableThe descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or ancestors; lineage or pedigree.
The book significantly extends on Rosenstein’s monumental 1990 work, “The Unbroken Chain,” which focused on the genealogies of the major Ashkenazi rabbinic dynasties from medieval times to the present.
2004 October 24, Bill Gladstone, “The oldest family in the world”, in Jewish Telegraphic Agency, archived from the original on 28 Sep 2021 - countableA record or table of such descent; a family tree.
- uncountableThe study, and formal recording of such descents.
“Investigators are currently looking into additional investigative genetic genealogy options for DNA evidence to check for matches,” the Pima County Sheriff’s Department said Tuesday.
2026 February 19, Andy Rose, “With no initial DNA match, Guthrie investigators turn to one of their newest tools to crack cases: genetic genealogy”, in CNN, archived from the original on 10 Mar 2026
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Origin
- Ancient Greekγενεαλογία
- Late Latingenealogia
- Old Frenchgenealogie
- Middle Englishgenealogie
- Englishgenealogy
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”) + -λογία (-logía, “study of”), equivalent to Ancient Greek γενεά (geneá) + -logy.
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Afrikaans genealogie
- genealogiestudy and recording of descents
Ancient Greek γενεᾱλογῐ́ᾱ, γενεαλογία
- γενεᾱλογῐ́ᾱ (geneālogĭ́ā)descent of a person, family or group from ancestors
- γενεαλογία (genealogía)study and recording of descents
Arabic علم الأنساب
- علم الأنسابstudy and recording of descents
Basque genealogia
- genealogiastudy and recording of descents
Bulgarian родосло́вие, родосло́вие
- родосло́вие (rodoslóvie)descent of a person, family or group from ancestors
- родосло́вие (rodoslóvie)study and recording of descents
- генеалогия (genealogija)study and recording of descents
Catalan genealogia, genealogia
- genealogiadescent of a person, family or group from ancestors
- genealogiarecord or table of such descent
- genealogiastudy and recording of descents
Chinese Mandarin 血統 /血统, 系譜 /系谱
- 血統 /血统 (xuètǒng)descent of a person, family or group from ancestors
- 系譜 /系谱 (xìpǔ)record or table of such descent
- 族譜 /族谱 (zúpǔ)record or table of such descent
- 家譜 /家谱 (jiāpǔ)record or table of such descent
- 系譜學 /系谱学 (xìpǔxué)study and recording of descents
Czech genealogie, genealogický strom
- genealogiedescent of a person, family or group from ancestors
- genealogický stromrecord or table of such descent
- rozrodrecord or table of such descent
- genealogiestudy and recording of descents
Danish slægtsforskning, genealogi
- slægtsforskningdescent of a person, family or group from ancestors
- genealogistudy and recording of descents
Dutch stamboom, kwartierstaat
- stamboomdescent of a person, family or group from ancestors
- kwartierstaatrecord or table of such descent
- parenteelrecord or table of such descent
- stamreeksrecord or table of such descent
- stamboomrecord or table of such descent
- genealogierecord or table of such descent
- genealogiestudy and recording of descents
- stamboomonderzoekstudy and recording of descents
Esperanto genealogio, genealogio
- genealogiodescent of a person, family or group from ancestors
- genealogiostudy and recording of descents
Estonian genealoogia
- genealoogiastudy and recording of descents
Finnish sukupuu, sukupuu
- sukupuudescent of a person, family or group from ancestors
- sukupuurecord or table of such descent
- sukututkimusstudy and recording of descents
French généalogie, généalogie
- généalogiedescent of a person, family or group from ancestors
- généalogierecord or table of such descent
- généalogiestudy and recording of descents
German Abstammung, Ahnentafel
- Abstammungdescent of a person, family or group from ancestors
- Ahnentafelrecord or table of such descent
- Ahnenforschungstudy and recording of descents
- Genealogiestudy and recording of descents
Greek γενεαλογία
- γενεαλογία (genealogía)descent of a person, family or group from ancestors
Hebrew גנאלוגיה
- גנאלוגיהstudy and recording of descents
Hindi वंशावली, पुश्तनामा
- वंशावली (vañśāvlī)record or table of such descent
- पुश्तनामा (puśtanāmā)record or table of such descent
- वंशक्रम (vañśakram)record or table of such descent
- वंशवृक्ष (vañśvŕkṣ)record or table of such descent
- पीढ़ीनामा (pīṛhīnāmā)record or table of such descent
- कुरसीनामा (kursīnāmā)record or table of such descent
- वंशानुक्रम (vañśānukram)record or table of such descent
- नसबनामा (nasabnāmā)record or table of such descent
- शजरा (śajrā)record or table of such descent
- शजरा-ए-नसब (śajrā-e-nasab)record or table of such descent
- सिलसिला-ए-नसब (silsilā-e-nasab)record or table of such descent
- वंशिकी (vañśikī)study and recording of descents
Hungarian származás, leszármazás
- származásdescent of a person, family or group from ancestors
- leszármazásdescent of a person, family or group from ancestors
- családfarecord or table of such descent
- genealógiastudy and recording of descents
- származástanstudy and recording of descents
Icelandic ættfræði
- ættfræðistudy and recording of descents
Indonesian genealogi
- genealogistudy and recording of descents
Irish ginealach, ginealas
- ginealachdescent of a person, family or group from ancestors
- ginealasstudy and recording of descents
Italian genealogia, genealogia
- genealogiadescent of a person, family or group from ancestors
- genealogiarecord or table of such descent
- genealogiastudy and recording of descents
Japanese 系統, 家譜
- 系統 (keitō)descent of a person, family or group from ancestors
- 家譜 (kafu)record or table of such descent
- 系譜学 (keifugaku)study and recording of descents
Korean 혈통, 족보
- 혈통 (hyeoltong)descent of a person, family or group from ancestors
- 족보 (jokbo)record or table of such descent
- 계보 (gyebo)record or table of such descent
- 가계 (gagye)record or table of such descent
- 계보학 (gyebohak)study and recording of descents
Latin genealogia
- genealogiastudy and recording of descents
Latvian ģenealoģija, ģenealoģija
- ģenealoģijadescent of a person, family or group from ancestors
- ģenealoģijastudy and recording of descents
Lithuanian genealogija, genealogija
- genealogijadescent of a person, family or group from ancestors
- genealogijastudy and recording of descents
Malay kaji salasilah, genealogi
- kaji salasilahstudy and recording of descents
- genealogistudy and recording of descents
Māori whāwhārua, taotahi
- whāwhāruadescent of a person, family or group from ancestors
- taotahidescent of a person, family or group from ancestors
- kōhikohikodescent of a person, family or group from ancestors
- whakapapadescent of a person, family or group from ancestors
Norwegian slektsforskning
- slektsforskningstudy and recording of descents
Norwegian Bokmål genealogi
- genealogistudy and recording of descents
Persian تبارشناسی
- تبارشناسیstudy and recording of descents
Polish genealogia, rodowód
- genealogiadescent of a person, family or group from ancestors
- rodowóddescent of a person, family or group from ancestors
- pochodzeniedescent of a person, family or group from ancestors
- genealogiarecord or table of such descent
- genealogiastudy and recording of descents
Portuguese genealogia, genealogia
- genealogiadescent of a person, family or group from ancestors
- genealogiarecord or table of such descent
- genealogiastudy and recording of descents
Romanian genealogie
- genealogiestudy and recording of descents
Russian генеало́гия, родосло́вная
- генеало́гия (genealógija)descent of a person, family or group from ancestors
- родосло́вная (rodoslóvnaja)descent of a person, family or group from ancestors
- родосло́вие (rodoslóvije)descent of a person, family or group from ancestors
- генеало́гия (genealógija)record or table of such descent
- генеало́гия (genealógija)study and recording of descents
Scottish Gaelic sloinntearachd, sloinntearachd
- sloinntearachddescent of a person, family or group from ancestors
- sloinntearachdrecord or table of such descent
- sloinntearachdstudy and recording of descents
Slovak genealógia
- genealógiastudy and recording of descents
Spanish genealogía, genealogía
- genealogíadescent of a person, family or group from ancestors
- genealogíarecord or table of such descent
- genealogíastudy and recording of descents
Swedish härkomst, stamtavla
- härkomstdescent of a person, family or group from ancestors
- stamtavlarecord or table of such descent
- släktforskningstudy and recording of descents
- genealogistudy and recording of descents
Tagalog henealohiya, talaangkanan
- henealohiyadescent of a person, family or group from ancestors
- talaangkanandescent of a person, family or group from ancestors
Tamil பேர்வழி, பேர்வழி
- பேர்வழி (pērvaḻi)descent of a person, family or group from ancestors
- பேர்வழி (pērvaḻi)record or table of such descent
Turkish soy bilimi, jenealoji
- soy bilimistudy and recording of descents
- jenealojistudy and recording of descents
Ukrainian генеалогія
- генеалогія (henealohija)study and recording of descents
Vietnamese gia phả học
- gia phả họcstudy and recording of descents
Welsh achau, achyddiaeth
- achaudescent of a person, family or group from ancestors
- achyddiaethdescent of a person, family or group from ancestors
- achyddiaethrecord or table of such descent
- achresrecord or table of such descent
- achyddiaethstudy and recording of descents
Yiddish ייחוס
- ייחוס (yikhes)study and recording of descents
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genealogy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/genealogy
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“genealogy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/genealogy. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “genealogy,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/genealogy.
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