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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

  1. to descend; to go down; to descend; to dismount

Ancestry of “descendre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatindescendoI climb down, to come down, to descend; I march...
2Latinde-de-
3LatindeThe name of the letter "D"; of, concerning,...
4Proto-Indo-EuropeandeEmphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...

Words derived from “descendre”

  • descent
  • hypodescent
  • maldescent
  • hyperdescent
  • descente
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