descendancyn.

Brit.

/dᵻˈsɛnd(ə)nsi/, U.S.

/dəˈsɛndənsi/,

/diˈsɛndənsi/

Forms:

α. 1600s descendencie, 1600s–1700s decendency, 1600s– descendency.

β. 1700s 1900s– descendancy.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: descend v., -ency suffix.

Etymology: Originally (in α. forms) < descend v. + -ency suffix, after descendent adj. and β. forms at descendant adj. and n.; compare post-classical Latin descendentia , Spanish descendencia (c1500 or earlier), Italian †descendenza (now discendenza : see descendance n.). In later use in β. forms with remodelling of the ending after formations in -ancy suffix; compare French descendance (see descendance n.), and also earlier descendant adj., descendant n. Compare descendance n.

1. A stage in lineal descent, a generation; = descent n. 4. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > lineage or descent > [noun] > a line of descent > degree in descent

kneec1000

greec1315

generationa1387

degreea1400

descent1538

descendancy1603

remove1741

family tree1752

1603 tr. F. Vendramino in R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Hist. Descr. Worlde 237 The inuesture of Placentia was not graunted to the house of the Farnesi but only to the fourth descendencie.

1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 251 Placentia was not granted absolutely to the house of Farnesi but only to the fourth descendencie, after which it returnes againe to the King of Spaine.

1734 Prompter 15 Nov. 2/1 Long Descendencies of Blood, like long Currents of Water, are apt to gather Mud, in their Passage.

1779 Morning Post 28 July John Aragus..died on the 6th of March last,..leaving behind him six sons and three daughters, who carried his decendency to the fifth generation, making in all an hundred sixty people living in one village.

1898 Virginia Med. Semi-monthly 13 May 87/1 From that day on..for seventeen descendencies, medicine became the emerald in the cluster of every organization of arts.

1934 D. Thomas Let. 9 May in Sel. Lett. (1966) 124 If a poem, in the John Donne descendency, is fairly good, they print it; if very good in the Tennyson descendency, they refuse to.

2. Origin, descent; = descendance n.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > lineage or descent > [noun]

kinc892

strindc900

i-cundeOE

bloodOE

kindredOE

birtha1250

strainc1275

gesta1300

offspring?a1300

lineagea1330

descentc1330

linec1330

progenya1382

generationc1384

engendrurec1390

ancestry?a1400

genealogya1400

kind?a1400

stranda1400

coming?a1425

bedc1430

descencec1443

descension1447

ligneea1450

originc1450

family1474

originala1475

extraction1477

nativityc1485

parentelea1492

stirpc1503

stem?c1550

race1563

parentage1565

brood1590

ancientry1596

descendance1599

breeding1600

descendancy1603

delineation1606

extract1631

ancestory1650

agnation1782

havage1799

engendure1867

1603 tr. F. Vendramino in R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Hist. Descr. Worlde 257 The infortunate successes hapned in his proper descendencie.

a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) 86 From Father to Son, in a continued descendency.

1661 S. Morgan Sphere of Gentry ii. i. 6 To distinguish the degree of decendency.

1762 Gazetteer & London Daily Advertiser 7 Sept. Nor indeed can I see what great pleasures people in years can in general propose from very youthful company, except from the feeling of nature in actual descendency.

1790 W. Combe Devil upon Two Sticks I. iv. 80 Their descendancy from the common mother, Eve.

1825 J. Wolff 14 July in Missionary Jrnl. & Mem. (1829) 222 That change of heart which the Gospel produces is a great evidence of its being of divine origin, of its divine descendency.

1888 Downside Rev. 7 77 A strong dash of chivalry..was shewn by his earnest advocacy of the claims of the Nauendorf family to lineal descendency from the unfortunate Louis the Seventeenth.

1972 Radio Times 3 Feb. 4/3 He is actually Irish, and can claim descendancy from Captain Kidd, the infamous pirate.

1997 Times 17 Feb. 17/1 Phish have been honoured, or perhaps saddled, with the notion of direct descendancy from the Grateful Dead.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	descendancy
释义	descendancyn. Brit. /dᵻˈsɛnd(ə)nsi/, U.S. /dəˈsɛndənsi/, /diˈsɛndənsi/ Forms: α. 1600s descendencie, 1600s–1700s decendency, 1600s– descendency. β. 1700s 1900s– descendancy. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: descend v., -ency suffix. Etymology: Originally (in α. forms) < descend v. + -ency suffix, after descendent adj. and β. forms at descendant adj. and n.; compare post-classical Latin descendentia , Spanish descendencia (c1500 or earlier), Italian †descendenza (now discendenza : see descendance n.). In later use in β. forms with remodelling of the ending after formations in -ancy suffix; compare French descendance (see descendance n.), and also earlier descendant adj., descendant n. Compare descendance n. 1. A stage in lineal descent, a generation; = descent n. 4. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > lineage or descent > [noun] > a line of descent > degree in descent kneec1000 greec1315 generationa1387 degreea1400 descent1538 descendancy1603 remove1741 family tree1752 1603 tr. F. Vendramino in R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Hist. Descr. Worlde 237 The inuesture of Placentia was not graunted to the house of the Farnesi but only to the fourth descendencie. 1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 251 Placentia was not granted absolutely to the house of Farnesi but only to the fourth descendencie, after which it returnes againe to the King of Spaine. 1734 Prompter 15 Nov. 2/1 Long Descendencies of Blood, like long Currents of Water, are apt to gather Mud, in their Passage. 1779 Morning Post 28 July John Aragus..died on the 6th of March last,..leaving behind him six sons and three daughters, who carried his decendency to the fifth generation, making in all an hundred sixty people living in one village. 1898 Virginia Med. Semi-monthly 13 May 87/1 From that day on..for seventeen descendencies, medicine became the emerald in the cluster of every organization of arts. 1934 D. Thomas Let. 9 May in Sel. Lett. (1966) 124 If a poem, in the John Donne descendency, is fairly good, they print it; if very good in the Tennyson descendency, they refuse to. 2. Origin, descent; = descendance n. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > lineage or descent > [noun] kinc892 strindc900 i-cundeOE bloodOE kindredOE birtha1250 strainc1275 gesta1300 offspring?a1300 lineagea1330 descentc1330 linec1330 progenya1382 generationc1384 engendrurec1390 ancestry?a1400 genealogya1400 kind?a1400 stranda1400 coming?a1425 bedc1430 descencec1443 descension1447 ligneea1450 originc1450 family1474 originala1475 extraction1477 nativityc1485 parentelea1492 stirpc1503 stem?c1550 race1563 parentage1565 brood1590 ancientry1596 descendance1599 breeding1600 descendancy1603 delineation1606 extract1631 ancestory1650 agnation1782 havage1799 engendure1867 1603 tr. F. Vendramino in R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Hist. Descr. Worlde 257 The infortunate successes hapned in his proper descendencie. a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) 86 From Father to Son, in a continued descendency. 1661 S. Morgan Sphere of Gentry ii. i. 6 To distinguish the degree of decendency. 1762 Gazetteer & London Daily Advertiser 7 Sept. Nor indeed can I see what great pleasures people in years can in general propose from very youthful company, except from the feeling of nature in actual descendency. 1790 W. Combe Devil upon Two Sticks I. iv. 80 Their descendancy from the common mother, Eve. 1825 J. Wolff 14 July in Missionary Jrnl. & Mem. (1829) 222 That change of heart which the Gospel produces is a great evidence of its being of divine origin, of its divine descendency. 1888 Downside Rev. 7 77 A strong dash of chivalry..was shewn by his earnest advocacy of the claims of the Nauendorf family to lineal descendency from the unfortunate Louis the Seventeenth. 1972 Radio Times 3 Feb. 4/3 He is actually Irish, and can claim descendancy from Captain Kidd, the infamous pirate. 1997 Times 17 Feb. 17/1 Phish have been honoured, or perhaps saddled, with the notion of direct descendancy from the Grateful Dead. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1603
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