descend from sth
— phrasal verb with descend uk/dɪˈsend/us/dɪˈsend/verb
to have developed from something that existed in the past:
All living creatures are thought to descend from an organism that came into being three billion years ago.
be descended from sb
C2 to be related to a particular person or group of people who lived in the past:
Her father is descended from Greek royalty.
Humans are descended from (= developed from) ape-like creatures.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Innate and congenital
- birth
- born
- born and bred idiom
- congenital
- descend
- heritable
- inborn
- inbred
- inclined
- inherit
- inheritance
- innate
- instinct
- instinctive
- native
- natural
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Family: ancestors & descendants