descend from
phrasal verb
descended from; descending from; descends from
: to have (something or someone in the past) as an origin or source
Recent evidence supports the theory that birds descended from dinosaurs.
The plants descend from a common ancestor.
They claim to be descended from a noble British family.
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The journalist and filmmaker, who is descended from a family that was decimated in the Holocaust, has categorically refuted these accusations.
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Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 14 Mar. 2025
Both plants are descended from the wild cardoon (Cynara cardunculus, for anyone keeping track), with one of the two having been domesticated, near Sicily, in the first century AD.
—Tamar Adler, Vogue, 7 Mar. 2025
On Shackleford Banks, keep an eye out for the island’s famed wild horses, which are descended from Spanish mustangs brought and abandoned by European settlers in the 1500s.
—Roger Sands, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
They're descended from Democrats and Republicans, but party affiliation and policy discussion have never stood in the way of the group's mission to stick together.
—Alex Presha, ABC News, 20 Feb. 2025
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Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 14 Mar. 2025
Both plants are descended from the wild cardoon (Cynara cardunculus, for anyone keeping track), with one of the two having been domesticated, near Sicily, in the first century AD.
—Tamar Adler, Vogue, 7 Mar. 2025
On Shackleford Banks, keep an eye out for the island’s famed wild horses, which are descended from Spanish mustangs brought and abandoned by European settlers in the 1500s.
—Roger Sands, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
They're descended from Democrats and Republicans, but party affiliation and policy discussion have never stood in the way of the group's mission to stick together.
—Alex Presha, ABC News, 20 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for descend from
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“Descend from.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/descend%20from. Accessed 21 Mar. 2025.
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