descendants

noun

1. 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. 2

   A thing that derives directly from a given precursor or source.

   “This famous medieval manuscript has many descendants.”

3. 3

   A later evolutionary type.

   “Dogs evolved as descendants of early wolves.”

4. 4

   A language that is descended from another.

   “English and Scots are the descendants of Old English.”

5. 5

   A word or form in one language that is descended from a counterpart in an ancestor language.