Other forms: genealogies
Genealogy is the study of tracing your family tree back through time. Research your genealogy, a genealogy website, amateur genealogy.
Census records, parish registers and civil registration are the three main sources in Britain, and going back beyond about 1837 means parish records and patience. DNA testing has changed the field and produced a good deal of family surprise along with it. Note genealogist; and that genealogy is the study, where a pedigree or family tree is the result of it.
1noungenealogyThe study of tracing a family's descent.
“She became fascinated by genealogy after finding her great-grandmother's diary in the attic.”
genealogy is a field of study.
Also accepted in games: family history
Greek genealogia is genea, descent, plus -logia, the study of. Gene, genus and generation come from the same descent.
Proto-Indo-European
*ǵenh₁-
Ancient Greek
γενεαλογία
Latin
genealogia
Old French
genealogie
Middle English
genealogie
English, today
genealogy
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From Middle English genealogie, genologie, genelogie, from Old French genealogie (Modern French généalogie), from Latin genealogia, from Ancient Greek γενεαλογία, from γενεά (“generation, descent”) + -λογία (“study of”), equivalent to γενεά + -logy.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA