Word Meanings - GENEALOGY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

OF. genelogie, F. généalogie, L. genealogia, fr. Gr. genus) + 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

Additional info about word: GENEALOGY

OF. genelogie, F. généalogie, L. genealogia, fr. Gr. genus) + 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.

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