GENEALOGY

noun (plural -gies) Etymology: Middle English genealogie, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin genealogia, from Greek, from genea race, family + -logia -logy; akin to Greek genos race Date: 14th century an account of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or from older forms, regular descent of a person, family, or group of organisms from a progenitor or older form ; pedigree , the study of family pedigrees, an account of the origin and historical development of something, genealogical adjective genealogically adverb