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