DESCENDANT

I. adjective also descendent Etymology: Middle English dessendaunte, from Anglo-French ~, from Latin descendent-, descendens, present participle of descendere Date: circa 1555 moving or directed downward, proceeding from an ancestor or source, II. noun also descendent Etymology: French & Latin; French ~, from Late Latin descendent-, descendens, from Latin Date: 1600 one descended from another or from a common stock, one deriving directly from a precursor or prototype