descendant.
Descending; going down.
Meaning & usage
Descending; going down.
The elevator resumed its descendant trajectory.
Descending from a biological ancestor.
Power in the kingdom is transferred in a descendant manner.
Proceeding from a figurative ancestor or source.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English dessendaunte, borrowed from Middle French, from Latin dēscendēns, present participle of descendere, from dē + scandere (“to climb, ascend”).
One of the progeny of a specified person, at any distance of time or through any number of generations.
The patriarch survived many descendants: five children, a dozen grandchildren, even a great grandchild.
a lineal descendant of Charlemagne
A thing that derives directly from a given precursor or source.
This famous medieval manuscript has many descendants.
A later evolutionary type.
Dogs evolved as descendants of early wolves.
A language that is descended from another.
English and Scots are the descendants of Old English.
A word or form in one language that is descended from a counterpart in an ancestor language.
The intersection of the western (setting) horizon and the ecliptic, its ecliptical longitude; the astrological sign it corresponds to.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English dessendaunte, borrowed from Middle French, from Latin dēscendēns, present participle of descendere, from dē + scandere (“to climb, ascend”).
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