Descend
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Revision as of 04:22, 4 January 2008 by Rdavis (talk | contribs) (New page: Image:lighterstill.jpg ==Etymology== '''descend''' c.1300, from O.Fr. descendre, from L. descendere, from de- "down" + scandere "to climb," from PIE base *skand- "jump." Sense of "o...)
Etymology
descend
c.1300, from O.Fr. descendre, from L. descendere, from de- "down" + scandere "to climb," from PIE base *skand- "jump." Sense of "originate from" is c.1375. Descent is attested from c.1330; descendant "offspring" is from 1600.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper