Where does “descend” come from?
descend (French) comes from French descendre, from Middle French descendre, from Old French descendre, from Latin dēscendō, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē, from Latin post, from Latin poste — afterwards, post; by, at.
descend (French): third-person singular present indicative of...
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Ancestry of “descend”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | descendre | to go down; to descend; to put down; disparage |
| 2 | Middle French | descendre | to dismount |
| 3 | Old French | descendre | to go down; to descend; to dismount |
| 4 | Latin | dēscendō | — |
| 5 | Latin | dē- | — |
| 6 | Latin | dē | — |
| 7 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 8 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | posti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |