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ascendant.

ascendant

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Meaning & usage

adj/a.sɑ̃.dɑ̃/

  1. ascendant

Where this word comes from

PIE word *h₂éd From Old French ascendant, borrowed from Latin ascendentem, the accusative singular of ascendēns (“ascending, rising”), the present participle of ascendō, adscendō (“to climb up, go up, move upwards; to rise; to spring up”), from ad- (prefix meaning ‘(up) to’) + scandō (“to ascend, climb, mount; to clamber”) (from Proto-Indo-European *skend- (“to climb, scale; to dart; to jump; to scan (poetry)”)).

noun/a.sɑ̃.dɑ̃/

  1. ascendant

    masculine

  2. supremacy, ascendancy

    masculine
    L'équipe adverse a repris l'ascendant du match.

  3. ancestor, forefather, progenitor

    masculine
Where this word comes from

PIE word *h₂éd From Old French ascendant, borrowed from Latin ascendentem, the accusative singular of ascendēns (“ascending, rising”), the present participle of ascendō, adscendō (“to climb up, go up, move upwards; to rise; to spring up”), from ad- (prefix meaning ‘(up) to’) + scandō (“to ascend, climb, mount; to clamber”) (from Proto-Indo-European *skend- (“to climb, scale; to dart; to jump; to scan (poetry)”)).

verb/a.sɑ̃.dɑ̃/

  1. present participle of ascendre

    form-of · participle · present
Where this word comes from

PIE word *h₂éd From Old French ascendant, borrowed from Latin ascendentem, the accusative singular of ascendēns (“ascending, rising”), the present participle of ascendō, adscendō (“to climb up, go up, move upwards; to rise; to spring up”), from ad- (prefix meaning ‘(up) to’) + scandō (“to ascend, climb, mount; to clamber”) (from Proto-Indo-European *skend- (“to climb, scale; to dart; to jump; to scan (poetry)”)).

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