genealogy

English

Alternative forms

• geneology (common misspelling)

Etymology

From Middle English genealogie, genologie, genelogie, from Old French genealogie (Modern French généalogie), from Late Latin genealogia, from Ancient Greek γενεαλογία (genealogía), from γενεά (geneá, “generation, descent”) and -λογία (-logía, “study of”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌd͡ʒiniˈɑlədʒi/, /ˌd͡ʒiniˈælədʒi/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌdʒiːniˈælədʒi/, (sometimes proscribed) /ˌdʒiːniˈɒlədʒi/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: ge‧ne‧al‧o‧gy

Noun

genealogy (countable and uncountable, plural genealogies)

1. (countable) The descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or ancestors; lineage or pedigree.
2. (countable) A record or table of such descent; a family tree.
3. (uncountable) The study, and formal recording of such descents.

Synonyms

• pedigree

Related terms

• genealogical
• genealogically
• genealogist
• genealogize

Translations

descent of a person, family or group from ancestors

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: родосло́вие (bg) n (rodoslóvie)
• Catalan: genealogia f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 血統 / 血统 (zh) (xuètǒng)

• Czech: genealogie (cs) f
• Danish: slægtsforskning n
• Dutch: stamboom (nl)
• Esperanto: genealogio
• Finnish: sukupuu (fi)
• French: généalogie (fr) f
• Galician: xenealoxía f
• Georgian: გენეალოგია (ka) (genealogia)
• German: Abstammung (de) f
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌸𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳 n (gabaurþiwaurd)
• Greek: γενεαλογία (el) f (genealogía)

  Ancient Greek: γενεᾱλογῐ́ᾱ f (geneālogĭ́ā)

• Hungarian: származás (hu), leszármazás (hu)
• Irish: ginealach m
• Italian: genealogia (it) f
• Japanese: 系統 (ja) (keitō)
• Ladino: jenealojia
• Latvian: ģenealoģija f
• Lithuanian: genealogija f
• Macedonian: родословие n (rodoslovie)
• Maori: whāwhārua (via the female line), taotahi (via a single line), kōhikohiko (via selected ancestors only), whakapapa
• Middle English: genelogie, kynrede
• Norman: généalogie f
• Persian: please add this translation if you can
• Plautdietsch: Häakunft f
• Polish: genealogia (pl) f, rodowód (pl) m
• Portuguese: genealogia (pt) f
• Russian: генеало́гия (ru) f (genealógija), родосло́вная (ru) f (rodoslóvnaja), родосло́вие (ru) n (rodoslóvije)
• Scottish Gaelic: sloinntearachd f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: rodoslovlje (sh) n, genealogija (sh) f

• Spanish: genealogía (es) f
• Swedish: härkomst (sv)
• Tagalog: henealohiya, talaangkanan
• Tamil: பேர்வழி (ta) (pērvaḻi)
• Welsh: achau f pl, achyddiaeth f

record or table of such descent

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: genealogia f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 系譜 / 系谱 (zh) (xìpǔ), 系譜 / 系谱 (zh) (xìpǔ), 系譜 / 系谱 (zh) (xìpǔ)

• Czech: genealogický strom m, rozrod m
• Dutch: kwartierstaat, parenteel (nl), stamreeks, stamboom (nl), genealogie (nl)
• Farefare: genealogia
• Faroese: ættarbók f (biblical), ættartal n (genealogical table)
• Finnish: sukupuu (fi)
• French: généalogie (fr) f
• Georgian: გენეალოგია (ka) (genealogia)
• German: Ahnentafel (de) f
• Hindi: वंशावली (hi) (vañśāvlī), पुश्तनामा (hi) (puśtanāmā), वंशक्रम (hi) (vañśakram), वंशवृक्ष (vañśvŕkṣ), पीढ़ीनामा (pīṛhīnāmā), कुरसीनामा (hi) (kursīnāmā), वंशानुक्रम (hi) (vañśānukram), वंशानुक्रम (hi) (vañśānukram), नसबनामा (nasabnāmā), शजरा (hi) (śajrā), शजरा-ए-नसब (śajrā-e-nasab), सिलसिला-ए-नसब (silsilā-e-nasab)
• Hungarian: családfa (hu)
• Italian: genealogia (it) f
• Macedonian: родословие n (rodoslovie)
• Norman: généalogie f
• Persian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: genealogia (pl) f
• Portuguese: genealogia (pt) f
• Russian: генеало́гия (ru) f (genealógija)
• Scottish Gaelic: sloinntearachd f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: rodoslovlje (sh) n, genealogija (sh) f

• Spanish: genealogía (es) f
• Swedish: stamtavla (sv)
• Tamil: பேர்வழி (ta) (pērvaḻi)
• Welsh: achyddiaeth f, achres f

study and recording of descents

• Afrikaans: genealogie
• Albanian: gjenealogjia
• Arabic: علم الأنساب
• Armenian: ծագումնաբանություն (hy) (cagumnabanutʻyun)
• Asturian: xenealoxía
• Azerbaijani: genealogiya
• Bashkir: генеалогия (genealogiya)
• Basque: genealogia (eu)
• Belarusian: генеалогія (hjenjealóhija)
• Breton: lignezouriezh
• Bulgarian: родосло́вие (bg) n (rodoslóvie), генеалогия (bg) (genealogija)
• Catalan: genealogia f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 系譜學 / 系谱学 (zh) (xìpǔxué)

  Wu: 系谱学

• Chuvash: генеалоги (genealogi)
• Corsican: genealogia
• Czech: genealogie (cs) f
• Danish: genealogi (da) c
• Dhivehi: ނަސަބުގެ ޢިލްމު (nasabuge ʿilmu)
• Dutch: genealogie (nl), stamboomonderzoek n
• Esperanto: genealogio
• Estonian: genealoogia
• Farefare: genealogia
• Finnish: sukututkimus (fi)
• French: généalogie (fr) f
• Galician: xenealoxía
• Georgian: გენეალოგია (ka) (genealogia)
• German: Ahnenforschung (de) f, Genealogie (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient: γενεαλογία f (genealogía)

• Hebrew: גנאלוגיה (he)
• Hindi: वंशिकी (vañśikī)
• Hungarian: genealógia (hu), származástan (hu)
• Icelandic: ættfræði f
• Ido: genealogio (io)
• Indonesian: genealogi (id)
• Irish: ginealas m
• Italian: genealogia (it) f
• Japanese: 系譜学
• Kazakh: генеалогия (genealogiä), тектану (tektanu)
• Korean: 계보학 (gyebohak)
• Kyrgyz: генеалогия (genealogiya)
• Latin: genealogia
• Latvian: ģenealoģija f
• Lithuanian: genealogija f
• Macedonian: родословие n (rodoslovie)
• Malay: kaji salasilah, genealogi
• Malayalam: വംശാവലിപഠനം (vaṁśāvalipaṭhanaṁ)
• Norman: généalogie f
• Norwegian: slektsforskning

  Bokmål: genealogi m

  Nynorsk: genealogi m, slektsforsking

• Occitan: genealogia
• Pashto: نوغپوهنه (ps)
• Persian: تبارشناسی
• Picard: généalodjie
• Polish: genealogia (pl) f
• Portuguese: genealogia (pt) f
• Romanian: genealogie (ro) f
• Russian: генеало́гия (ru) f (genealógija)
• Scots: genealogy
• Scottish Gaelic: sloinntearachd f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: rodoslovlje (sh) n, genealogija (sh) f

• Shona: unenavabari
• Sicilian: catanannu (scn)
• Slovak: genealógia
• Slovene: rodoslovje (sl)
• Spanish: genealogía (es) f
• Sundanese: généalogi
• Swedish: släktforskning (sv) c, genealogi (sv) c
• Turkish: soy bilimi (tr), jenealoji (tr)
• Turkmen: genealogiýa
• Ukrainian: генеалогія (henealohija)
• Uzbek: genealogiya (uz)
• Vietnamese: gia phả học
• Volapük: genealog
• Welsh: achyddiaeth f
• Yiddish: ייחוס (yikhes)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 계보 (ko) (gyebo), ^{(please verify)} 혈통 (ko) (hyeoltong), ^{(please verify)} 가계 (ko) (gagye), ^{(please verify)} 족보 (ko) (jokbo)

See also

• family history
• lineage