Descend Meaning
/dɪˈsɛnd/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
Definition
verbSenses relating to moving from a higher to a lower position.
verbSenses relating to moving from a higher to a lower position., To pass from a higher to a lower part of (something, such as a flight of stairs or a slope); to go down along or upon.
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Word Origin & History
The verb is derived from Middle English descenden (“to move downwards, fall, descend; to slope downwards; to go from a better to a worse condition, decline, degenerate; to be a descendant, derive from (a source); etc.”), from Anglo-Norman descendere, descendre, and Old French descendere, descendre (“to move downwards, fall, descend; to slope downwards; to be a descendant, derive from (a source); etc.”) (modern French descendre), and from their etymon Latin dēscendere, the present active infinitive of dēscendō (“to come or go down, fall, descend; to slope downwards; to be a descendant; etc.”), from de- (prefix meaning ‘from; down from’) + scandō (“to ascend, climb; to clamber”) (from Proto-Indo-European *skend- (“to climb, scale; to dart; to jump”)). The noun is derived from the verb.