genealogy

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˌdʒiːniˈælədʒi/|/ˌdʒiːniˈɒlədʒi/    美 /ˌd͡ʒiniˈɑlədʒi/|/ˌd͡ʒiniˈælədʒi/

英文释义

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

词形变化

genealogies plural geneology alternative,common,misspelling

词汇关系

近义词
pedigree
相关词
genealogical genealogically genealogist genealogize family history lineage

词源

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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