different between genealogy vs genealogist

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

English

Etymology

genealogy +? -ist

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d?i?.ni??æl.?.d??st/

Noun

genealogist (plural genealogists)

1. A person who studies or practises genealogy, an expert in genealogy.

Related terms

• genealogic
• genealogical
• genealogically
• genealogy

Translations

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French généalogiste.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??e.ne.a.lo?d??ist/

Noun

genealogist m (plural genealogi?ti, feminine equivalent genealogist?)

1. (rare) genealogist

Declension

Synonyms

• genealog

Related terms

• genealogic
• genealogie

References

• genealogist in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)