descendant
Meanings
Plural: descendants
Noun
- a person considered as descended from some ancestor or race
- One of the progeny of a specified person, at any distance of time or through any number of generations.
- A thing that derives directly from a given precursor or source.
- A later evolutionary type.
- A language that is descended from another.
- A word or form in one language that is descended from a counterpart in an ancestor language.
- The intersection of the western (setting) horizon and the ecliptic, its ecliptical longitude; the astrological sign it corresponds to.
Adjective Satellite
- going or coming down
- proceeding by descent from an ancestor
Adj
- Descending; going down.
- Descending from a biological ancestor.
- Proceeding from a figurative ancestor or source.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English dessendaunte, borrowed from Middle French, from Latin dēscendēns, present participle of descendere, from dē + scandere (“to climb, ascend”).
Synonyms
afterbear, and see Thesaurus:child & relative, derivative, descendent, offspring, reflex, scion
Antonyms
;, ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, ascending, etymon, forebear, forefather, foremother, montant, progenitor
Scrabble Score: 14
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