descendant
/dɪˈsɛndənt/
noun
- 1
One who is the progeny of a specified person, at any distance of time or through any number of generations.
“The patriarch survived many descendants: five children, a dozen grandchildren, even a great grandchild.”
- 2
A thing that derives directly from a given precursor or source.
“This famous medieval manuscript has many descendants.”
- 3
A later evolutionary type.
“Dogs evolved as descendants of early wolves.”
- 4
A language that is descended from another.
“English and Scots are the descendants of Old English.”
- 5
A word or form in one language that is descended from a counterpart in an ancestor language.
adjective
- 1
Descending from a biological ancestor.
- 2
Proceeding from a figurative ancestor or source.
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