单词 | descendance |
释义 | descendance/dɪˈsɛnd(ə)ns/noun The fact of descending from a particular progenitor or ancestor, or of having a particular origin. Also occasionally: the transmission of a title, etc., to an heir. OriginLate 16th century; earliest use found in Richard Percyvall (c1558–1620), administrator and lexicographer. Originally from descend + -ence, after descendent; compare post-classical Latin descendentia slope, declivity, Spanish descendencia, Italian †descendenza (now discendenza). |
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