descendant的词源

英文词源

descendant

mid-15c. (adj.), c. 1600 (n.), from French descendant (13c.), present participle of descendre (see descend). Despite a tendency to use descendent for the adjective and descendant for the noun, descendant seems to be prevailing in all uses and appears 5 times more often than its rival in books printed since 1900. Compare dependant.

中文词源

descendant：后裔

来自descend, 下降。引申义后裔。

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：descendant 词源，descendant 含义。

descendant：子孙，后代 

词根词缀： de-下降,向下 + -scend-攀爬 + -ant名词词尾,人