descendants

de-scen-dants · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    People who are related to a person who lived in the past; offspring of an ancestor.

  2. 2.

    Things that have developed from something earlier.

Forms

plural: descendants

Related words

Antonyms: ancestors, forebears, predecessors
See also: ancestors, ancestry, descend, descendant
Synonyms: heirs, offspring, progeny, successors

Etymology

From Old French descendant, present participle of descendre meaning "to descend," from Latin descendere meaning "to come down."