Where does “descendre” come from?
descendre (Anglo-Norman) comes from Latin descendo, from Latin de-, from Latin de, from Proto-Indo-European de — Emphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...
descendre (Anglo-Norman): to descend; to go down; to descend; to dismount
Definitions
- to descend; to go down; to descend; to dismount
Ancestry of “descendre”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | descendo | I climb down, to come down, to descend; I march... |
| 2 | Latin | de- | de- |
| 3 | Latin | de | The name of the letter "D"; of, concerning,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | de | Emphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;... |
Words derived from “descendre”