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   Ge·ne·al·o·gy

   /ˌjēnēˈäləjē/

   

   noun

   • 1. a line of descent traced continuously from an ancestor: "combing through the birth records and genealogies"
   • ▪ the study and tracing of lines of descent or development.
   • ▪ a plant's or animal's line of evolutionary development from earlier forms.

   Word Origin Middle English: via Old French and late Latin from Greek genealogia, from genea ‘race, generation’ + -logia (see -logy).

   Scrabble Points: 14

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