English
descendant
Etymology

From Middle English dessendaunte, borrowed from Middle French -, from Latin dēscendēns, present participle of descendere, from dē + scandere.

Pronunciation
  • IPA: /dɪˈsɛndənt/
Adjective

descendant (not comparable)

  1. Descending; going down.
    The elevator resumed its descendant trajectory.
  2. Descending from a biological ancestor.
    Power in the kingdom is transferred in a descendant manner.
  3. Proceeding from a figurative ancestor or source.
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descendant (plural descendants)

  1. One of the progeny of a specified person, at any distance of time or through any number of generations.
    Antonyms: ancestor, progenitor, ;, forefather, foremother
    Hypernyms: successor
    Meronyms: issue, line, progeny; family; clan
    The patriarch survived many descendants: five children, a dozen grandchildren, even a great grandchild.
  2. (figuratively) A thing that derives directly from a given precursor or source.
    This famous medieval manuscript has many descendants.
  3. (biology) A later evolutionary type.
    Dogs evolved as descendants of early wolves.
  4. (linguistics) A language that is descended from another.
    English and Scots are the descendants of Old English.
  5. (linguistics) A word or form in one language that is descended from a counterpart in an ancestor language.
    Synonyms: reflex, derivative
    Antonyms: etymon
    Coordinate term: cognate
  6. (astrology) The intersection of the western (setting) horizon and the ecliptic, its ecliptical longitude; the astrological sign it corresponds to.
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