descendant

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Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

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Definition

  1. noun a person considered as descended from some ancestor or race
  2. adjective going or coming down
  3. adjective proceeding by descent from an ancestor

Etymology

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

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