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descendant

Pronunciation: /dɪˈsɛndənt/

The English word “descendant” has 9 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Descending; going down.
  2. Descending from a biological ancestor.
  3. Proceeding from a figurative ancestor or source.

noun

  1. One of the progeny of a specified person, at any distance of time or through any number of generations.
  2. A thing that derives directly from a given precursor or source.
  3. A later evolutionary type.
  4. A language that is descended from another.
  5. A word or form in one language that is descended from a counterpart in an ancestor language.
  6. The intersection of the western (setting) horizon and the ecliptic, its ecliptical longitude; the astrological sign it corresponds to.

Etymology

From Middle English dessendaunte, borrowed from Middle French, from Latin dēscendēns, present participle of descendere, from dē + scandere (“to climb, ascend”).

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