DESCENDANT


Meaning of DESCENDANT in English

I. adjective

also de·scen·dent di-ˈsen-dənt

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

II. noun

also descendent

Etymology: French & Latin; French descendant, from Late Latin descendent-, descendens, from Latin

Date: 1600

1. : one descended from another or from a common stock

2. : one deriving directly from a precursor or prototype

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.