genealogy Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun successive generations of kin
    family tree.
  2. noun the study or investigation of ancestry and family history

WordNet

Gen`e*al"o*gy noun
Etymology
OE. genealogi, genelogie, OF. genelogie, F. généalogie, L. genealogia, fr. Gr. birth, race, descent (akin to L. genus) + discourse.
Wordforms
plural Genealogies
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913