Emily Dickinson Lexicon

GEN-E-AL'O-GY, n. [L. genealogia; Gr. γενεαλογια; γενος, race, and λογος, discourse; Sax. cyn, gecynd; Eng. kind.]

1. An account or history of the descent of a person or family from an ancestor; enumeration of ancestors and their children in the natural order of succession.
2. Pedigree; lineage; regular descent of a person or family from a progenitor.