Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Genealogy"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Genealogy \Gen`e*al"o*gy\, n.; pl. {Genealogies}. [OE.
genealogi, genelogie, OF. genelogie, F. g['e]n['e]alogie, L.
genealogia, fr. Gr. ?; ? birth, race, descent (akin to L.
genus) + ? discourse.]
1. An account or history of the descent of a person or family
from an ancestor; enumeration of ancestors and their
children in the natural order of succession; a pedigree.
2. Regular descent of a person or family from a progenitor;
pedigree; lineage.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
genealogy
n : successive generations of kin [syn: {family tree}]
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