descend from

verb

descended from; descending from; descends from

: to have (something or someone in the past) as an origin or source

Recent evidence supports the theory that birds descended from dinosaurs.

The plants descend from a common ancestor.

They claim to be descended from a noble British family.

Examples of descend from in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The sisters descended from a line of witches that doomed any man who fell in love with an Owens woman. —Katie Simons, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026

Every January, the world’s business and political leaders descend from the Swiss mountains with a Davos Consensus — relentlessly optimistic and deeply influential if, notoriously, often wrong. —Ben Smith, semafor.com, 20 Apr. 2026

The worst part of tonight was my face descending from the life support mask. —Amy McGorry, FOXNews.com, 17 Apr. 2026

Posted by Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, the video shows Field Marshal Asim Munir descending from a plane in military uniform and receiving a fraternal hug from him. —ABC News, 16 Apr. 2026

Rhymes for descend from

• nodosum
• overcome
• pyrethrum
• saccharum
• abomasum
• become
• checksum
• humdrum
• income
• outcome
• succumb
• therefrom