Etymology of the English word genealogy
the English word
genealogyderived from the Old French word
genealogiederived from the Late Latin word
genealogia (genealogy)
derived from the Greek word
genealogia, γενεαλογία (tracing by generations; 'genealogy')
derived from the Greek word
genea, γενεά (a generation; by implication, an age (the period or the persons))
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*genə-using the Late Greek suffix
-logia, -λογία
derived from the Greek word
logos, λόγος (word, speech, topic, treatise, reasoning)
derived from the Greek word
legein, λέγω (to speak)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*leg- (to collect, to speak)
derived from the Greek word
logia, λογία (a contribution)
derived from the Greek word
logos, λόγος (word, speech, topic, treatise, reasoning)
derived from the Greek word
legein, λέγω (to speak)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*leg- (to collect, to speak)
derived from the Greek word
legein, λέγω (to speak)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*leg- (to collect, to speak)
Date
The earliest known usage of genealogy in English dates from the 13th century.
Cognates
Dutch
genealogie, French
généalogie, French
genealogie, German
Genealogie, Italian
genealogia, Lithuanian
genealogija, Norwegian
genealogi, Polish
generalogia, Russian
генeaлогия, Spanish
genealogia, Swedish
genealogiUsage
Word found in Modern English
