Main Entry: ¹de·scen·dant

Variant(s): also de·scen·dent \di-ˈsen-dənt\

Function: adjective

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