[de.scen.dant] or de.scen.dent adj [MF & L; MF descendant, fr. L descendent-, descendens, prp. of descendere] (1572) 1: moving or directed downward
2: proceeding from an ancestor or source
[2]descendant or descendent n [F & L; F descendant, fr. LL descendent-, descendens, fr. L] (1600) 1: one descended from another or from a common stock
2: one deriving directly from a precursor or prototype