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

That study found a rare haplotype — a combination of genes — in the Y chromosomes of males descended from Thomas Jefferson’s uncle. — Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026

The tadpoles — some descended from frogs in the San Jacinto Mountains and others from the San Bernardino Mountains — were separated into two groups because of their slight genetic differences. — ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026

John Spencer, at the time heir to the Spencer earldom and styled as Viscount Althorp, was two years older than Queen Elizabeth II and descended from a long line of ancestors who served the British crown. — Diego Parrado, Vanity Fair, 29 Sep. 2026

The Houthis descended from their stronghold in northern Yemen, taking over the capital of Sanaa in September 2014 and forcing the country's government into exile in Saudi Arabia. — Tucker Reals, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for descend from

• callosum
• nodosum
• overcome
• pyrethrum
• saccharum
• abomasum
• become
• checksum
• humdrum
• income
• outcome
• pisum