Where does “genealogy” come from?
Genealogy comes from Old French genealogie, from Latin genealogia, from Ancient Greek γενεαλογία, combining γενεά (family lineage) with -λογία (study or account of), from λόγος (word, account) and λέγω (to speak), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁-.
genealogy (English): The descent of a person, family, or group from an...
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- The descent of a person, family, or group from an...
Ancestry of “genealogy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | genealogie | — |
| 2 | Old French | genealogie | genealogy |
| 3 | Latin | genealogia | genealogy; ablative singular of geneālogia |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | γενεαλογία | genealogy |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |