n.
Pronunciation: -j ē
Function: noun
Inflected Form: 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
1 : an account of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or from older forms
2 : regular descent of a person, family, or group of organisms from a progenitor or older form : PEDIGREE
3 : the study of family pedigrees
4 : an account of the origin and historical development of something
– ge · ne · a · log · i · cal \ ˌ j ē -n ē - ə - ' lä-ji-k ə l, ˌ je-n ē - \ adjective
– ge · ne · a · log · i · cal · ly \ -k( ə -)l ē \ adverb