Back to all words

Descend

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means to move downward, or to be derived from an ancestor
1
Stage 1 of 2
descendere
Latin · ancient
"to climb down"
to climb down, from de- (down) and scandere (to climb)
2
Stage 2 of 2
descend
English · 1300s
"to move downward"
settled as the English word for moving downward
Drag to pan · scroll to zoom