descendant

Meaning

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Descending; going down.
2. (not-comparable) Descending from a biological ancestor.
3. (not-comparable) Proceeding from a figurative ancestor or source.

Noun

1. One of the progeny of a specified person, at any distance of time or through any number of generations.
2. (figuratively) A thing that derives directly from a given precursor or source.
3. A later evolutionary type.
4. A language that is descended from another.
5. A word or form in one language that is descended from a counterpart in an ancestor language.
6. The intersection of the western (setting) horizon and the ecliptic, its ecliptical longitude; the astrological sign it corresponds to.

Opposite of

ancestor, progenitor, ;, forefather, foremother, etymon

Synonyms

offspring

progeny

descendent

scion

posterity

lineage

descendants

child

🧒

successor

pedigree

parentage

clan

heir

grandchild

grandson

nationality

issue

descending

family

👪

baby

👶

heredity

genealogy

children

seed

related

shoots

slip

son

sprouts

succession

tad

tot

transmissible

branchlet

go behind

young tree

future generations

next generation

decay product

derived class

decay daughter

progen

ancestor

subsequent generation

babe

bairn

blood

🩸

boy

👦

daughter

degradation

Translations

descendant

discendente

descendiente

Nachkomme

descendente

Abkömmling

nakomeling

descendent

απόγονος

afstammeling

Abkomme

nazaat

Kind

🧒

Nachfahre

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪˈsɛndənt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: dessendaunte

In summary

From Middle English dessendaunte, borrowed from Middle French, from Latin dēscendēns, present participle of descendere, from dē + scandere (“to climb, ascend”).