Skip to main content
genealogical

genealogical

8 7.7
About family history and who belongs to the same family
  • adjective
  • /ˌdʒiːniəˈlɑːdʒɪkəl/
: genealógico
  • Brianna peered over his shoulder as his finger passed slowly down the lines of the genealogical table.
  • genealogical relationship
  • genealogical link
  • genealogical chart

That's not the way genealogical inquiry works.

Autoplay Next

Examples

  • Between 1987 and 1990, he published five massive volumes with the Genealogical Publishing Company.

    Academic text (1991)
  • Each case study begins with a graphic genealogical tree locating the subject in relation to her kin.

    Academic text (1990)
  • I dig through social media, through newspaper articles, through the traditional genealogical records.

  • Eltit's effort is always a genealogical and historical one.

    Academic text (2017)
  • If Pam asks you what I want, tell her that I asked you to locate your birth certificate for my genealogical work.

  • "Absolutely," he said, carefully laying the folder with the genealogical chart on top.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • Now, my genealogical research has allowed me to track the Byrnes family as far back as 1643.

  • The association organizes annual family meetings and collects genealogical material.

    Academic text (2017)
  • Unlike DeRangow, Enoch William Brown left both an architectural and a genealogical legacy.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The genealogical study revealed that she was a descendant of a famous historical figure.

Synonyms

genealogic
vsgenealogical
1 8.2

Relating to family history and the links between people

emphasizes descent and ancestry rather than the technical study label

Surface Forms

genealogical positive
genealogicaler comparative
genealogicalest superlative

Morphology

genealogical = genealogy (transparent) = genealogy + ical

The adjective is regularly formed from the noun 'genealogy' with the productive suffix '-ical' and directly means 'relating to genealogy'.

Etymology

Genealogical comes from the Greek parts genea 'family' and -logy 'study', so it literally means the study of family lines. That's why something genealogical is about tracing your ancestors and making a family tree.