different between dynasty vs genealogy

English

Etymology

From Middle French dynastie, from Late Latin dynastia, from Ancient Greek ????????? (dunasteía, “power, dominion”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?da?n?sti/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d?n?sti/

Noun

dynasty (plural dynasties)

1. A series of rulers or dynasts from one family.

   Synonyms: house, lineage

2. (East Asian history) The polity or historical era under the rule of a certain dynasty.

3. (sports) A team or organization which has an extended period of success or dominant performance.

Derived terms

• dynastic
• dynastically

Translations

English

Wikiversity

Alternative forms

• geneology (common misspelling)

Etymology

From Old French genealogie (Modern French généalogie), from Late Latin genealogia, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (genealogía), from ????? (geneá, “generation, descent”) and -????? (-logía, “study of”)

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d?ini??l?d?i/, /?d?ini?æl?d?i/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d?i?ni?æl?d?i/, (sometimes proscribed) /?d?i?ni??l?d?i/
• Hyphenation: ge?ne?al?o?gy

Noun

genealogy (countable and uncountable, plural genealogies)

1. (countable) The descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or ancestors; lineage or pedigree.
2. (countable) A record or table of such descent; a family tree.
3. (uncountable) The study, and formal recording of such descents.

Synonyms

• pedigree

Related terms

• genealogical
• genealogically
• genealogist

Translations

See also

• family history
• lineage