descend
TOEFL・大学受験下降する・～の子孫である、下る・子孫である
意味
- (高い所から低い所へ)下る,降りる《+from+名+to+名》
- (古い時代から新しい時代へ)伝わる,系統を引く《+from+名+to+名》
- 身を落とす
- 〈人などが〉…を下る,降りる;〈道などが〉…を下る
- (…の)子孫である
例文
This parade descends from an ancient rite.
このパレードは古い儀式に由来している。
The river descends from the mountains to the bay below.
川は山から下って湾に注いでいる。
The dusty track descends to a valley.
その埃っぽい小道は谷へと下って行く。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
The verb is derived from Middle English descenden (“to move downwards, fall, descend; to slope downwards; to go from a better to a worse condition, decline, degenerate; to be a descendant, derive from (a source); etc.”), from Anglo-Norman descendere, descendre, and Old French descendere, descendre (“to move downwards, fall, descend; to slope downwards; to be a descendant, derive from (a source); etc.”) (modern French descendre), and from their etymon Latin dēscendere, the present active infinitive of dēscendō (“to come or go down, fall, descend; to slope downwards; to be a descendant; etc.”), from de- (prefix meaning ‘from; down from’) + scandō (“to ascend, climb; to clamber”) (from Proto-In…
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dermatologist derogatory descartes descendant descended descent