genealogy的词源

英文词源

genealogy (n.)

early 14c., "line of descent, pedigree, descent," from Old French genealogie (12c.), from Late Latin genealogia "tracing of a family," from Greek genealogia "the making of a pedigree," from genea "generation, descent" (see genus) + -logia (see -logy). An Old English word for it was folctalu, literally "folk tale." Meaning "study of family trees" is from 1768.

中文词源

genealogy：宗谱学

gen, 生育，祖先。-logy, 学说。

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