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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In 2011, one wolf made its way from Oregon to Northern California and by 2015, a pack descended from that wolf, the Shasta Pack, was detected.
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Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 22 May 2025
Victory is commonly depicted as a winged figure, holding a palm frond or laurel and descending from above as a messenger of the gods, according to the University of Chicago.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 21 May 2025
In Bellevue’s garden was a single vine of Vanilla planifolia, native to Mexico, that Jennings believes descended from one of the first vanilla saplings to survive on the island, after a shipment arrived from Paris in 1822.
—Jay Cheshes, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 May 2025
Americans are quick to ignore that every single non-Indigenous one of them descends from a migrant.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
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Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 22 May 2025
Victory is commonly depicted as a winged figure, holding a palm frond or laurel and descending from above as a messenger of the gods, according to the University of Chicago.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 21 May 2025
In Bellevue’s garden was a single vine of Vanilla planifolia, native to Mexico, that Jennings believes descended from one of the first vanilla saplings to survive on the island, after a shipment arrived from Paris in 1822.
—Jay Cheshes, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 May 2025
Americans are quick to ignore that every single non-Indigenous one of them descends from a migrant.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 19 May 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 1 Jun. 2025.
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