Genealogy



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 家谱学
• ［英］ n. 家谱学 ( study of family history)
• ［记］ gene ( 基因) +alogy=ology ( 学科) -> 研究基因 ( 起源) 的科学 -> 家谱学

Webster Collegiate

noun (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
• ? genealogical adjective
• ? genealogically adverb

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