Etymology of the French word descente
the French word
descentederived from the Old French word
descendrederived 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)
Date
The earliest known usage of descente in French dates from the 14th century.
Derivations in other languages
English
descentCognates
Provençal
deisses
