- [uncountable]
the study of family history, including the study of who the ancestors of a particular person were Topics Historyc2, Family and relationshipsc2家谱学;系谱学;宗谱学 - [countable]
a particular person’s line of ancestors; a diagram that shows this Topics Family and relationshipsc2家谱(图);系谱(图);宗谱(图)
Word OriginMiddle English: via Old French and late Latin from Greek genealogia, from genea ‘race, generation’ + -logia (see -logy).