myEtymology.com: French etymology of genealogie

Etymology of the French word genealogie

the Old French word genealogie

derived 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)

Word found in Old French