myEtymology.com: English etymology of descent

Etymology of the English word descent

the English word descent

derived from the French word descente

derived from the Old French word descendre

derived from the Late Latin word descendere (descend, climb, march; stoop; demean; drop)

derived from the Latin word scandere (climb; mount, ascend)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *skand-

using the Late Latin prefix de-

derived from the Latin word de (away; down)

Word found in Modern English