DESCENDANT


Meaning of DESCENDANT in English

n.

Variant: also de · scen · dent

Pronunciation: di- ' sen-d ə nt

Function: adjective

Etymology: Middle English dessendaunte, from Anglo-French descendant, from Latin descendent-, descendens, present participle of descendere

Date: circa 1555

1 : moving or directed downward

2 : proceeding from an ancestor or source

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