descendant

Etymology
From, borrowed from , from , present participle of , from +.

Adjective

 * 1) Descending; going down.
 * 2) Descending from a biological ancestor.
 * 3) Proceeding from a figurative ancestor or source.
 * 1) Descending from a biological ancestor.
 * 2) Proceeding from a figurative ancestor or source.
 * 1) Proceeding from a figurative ancestor or source.
 * 1) Proceeding from a figurative ancestor or source.

Usage notes
See.

Translations

 * Catalan:
 * Galician: descendente
 * Northwestern Ojibwa: ondoode

Noun

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

Usage notes
The adjective may be spelled either with ant or ent as the final syllable (see ). The noun may be spelled only with ant.

Synonyms

 * ,, , and see Thesaurus:child & relative

Translations

 * Afrikaans: afstammeling
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: سَلِيل
 * Armenian:, ,
 * Belarusian: нашча́дак, нашча́дніца, пато́мак
 * Bengali: ,
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 後裔, 子孫, 後嗣, 兒孫, 後代
 * Hokkien: 後裔,, , 裔孫,
 * Mandarin:, , , ,
 * Czech:, potomkyně
 * Danish: efterkommer,
 * Dutch:, , ,
 * Esperanto: ,
 * Estonian: järglane
 * Ewe: dzidzimevi
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:, , Deszendent, Deszendentin, , , , , Abkommin, , Nachfahr, , , Nachkömmling,
 * Gothic: 𐌰𐍆𐌰𐍂𐌰
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἐπίγονος
 * Hausa:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: afkomandi,
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: sliochtach
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, 子種,
 * Korean: ,
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Latin: prognatus,
 * Macedonian: потомок
 * Malay:
 * Manchu: ᠠᠮᠠᡤᠠ ᡝᠨᡝᠨ
 * Maori: mokopuna, whakahekenga, mangainga, tākerekere
 * Norman: d'scendant, d'scendante
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: etterkomar, etterkommar
 * Ottoman Turkish: نسل
 * Persian: فروشونده
 * Polish:, potomkini, ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, , ,
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: по̀томак
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: potomok, potomkyňa
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: mzao
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Tagalog: inanak
 * Tarifit: taṛwa
 * Telugu:, ఆనువంశీకుడు
 * Thai:
 * Turkish: ,
 * Tày: bổi
 * Ukrainian: наща́док,
 * Vietnamese: hậu bối
 * Welsh:, disgynnyddion
 * Yiddish: אָפּשטאַמלינג


 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * Maori: whakahekenga
 * Portuguese:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: efterkommer
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Icelandic: afkomandi
 * Norman: d'scendant
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: потомак
 * Roman:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: наща́док


 * Turkish:, ,

Etymology
, the present participle of, itself from +.

Noun

 * 1) a ; one who is the progeny of someone at any distance of time; e.g. a child; a grandchild, etc.

Adjective

 * 1) (which is) descending