descend from

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.

Examples of descend from in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Roughly 9 in 10 dairy cows in the United States descend from Holstein stock, and the breed is found in more than 150 countries. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Oct. 2026

Yemen's civil war began in 2014 when the Houthis descended from their northern stronghold, capturing Sanaa and forcing the government to flee into exile in Saudi Arabia. — Ahmed Al-Haj, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026

Testing took years, and during that time Kurin reached out to families descended from Jefferson and from Hemings, who had four children who lived to adulthood. — Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2026

That study found a rare haplotype — a combination of genes — in the Y chromosomes of males descended from Thomas Jefferson’s uncle. — Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for descend from

• callosum
• nodosum
• overcome
• pyrethrum
• saccharum
• abomasum
• become
• checksum
• humdrum
• income
• outcome
• pisum