descender
Meaning
- (intransitive) to descend (to pass from a higher to a lower place)
- to descend (from) (to have as an ancestor)
- to descend (from) (to have as an etymon)
Pronounced as (IPA)
/de.sẽˈde(ʁ)/
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese decender, borrowed from Latin dēscendere. Compare descer, probably an inherited doublet.
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