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10 Language-to-English DictionariesGenealogy
/ˌdʒiːniˈɒlədʒi/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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A line of descent traced continuously from an ancestor.
"She spent months researching her family's genealogy."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Late Latin 'genealogia', from Greek 'genealogia', combining 'genea' (race, generation) and 'logia' (study of). Entering the English language in the late 14th century, it initially referred to the tracing of ancestral lineages and later expanded to encompass the evolutionary or historical development of ideas, concepts, and disciplines.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Genealogy" is said worldwide
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généalogie
Transliteration: genealogie
"Il s'intéresse passionnément à la généalogie de sa famille."
Genealogie
Transliteration: Genealogie
"Sie betreibt seit Jahren intensive Genealogie."
genealogia
Transliteration: genealogia
"La genealogia della sua famiglia risale al Settecento."
genealogía
Transliteration: genealogia
"Estudiar la genealogía nos ayuda a entender nuestros origenes."
genealogia
Transliteration: genealogia
"Ele descobriu muitos segredos ao pesquisar a genealogia da família."
वंशාවली
Transliteration: vanshavali
"उन्होंने अपने परिवार की वंशवली की खोज की।"
家谱
Transliteration: jiāpǔ
"研究家谱可以帮助我们了解祖先的历史。"
계보
Transliteration: gyebo
"그는 자신의 가문 계보를 조사하는 데 많은 시간을 보냈다."
系図
Transliteration: keizu
"彼女は自分の家の系図を調べている。"
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