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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Munno, who descends from an Italian pasta dynasty dating back to the 1800s and has gathered millions of TikTok and Instagram followers, will take audiences through four different regions of Italy to explore cooking. —

Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2024 They were primarily descended from a group of eastern Mediterranean immigrants. —

Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 7 Nov. 2024 Toyota and Honda have at times been called boring: Honda by its own engineers, Toyota more famously by a chairman descended from the company’s founder. —

Robert Ferris, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2024 Since then, core inflation in the consumer price index (CPI) has descended from a 3.4-percent annual increase to a 3.2-percent annual increase. —

Tobias Burns, The Hill, 30 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for descend from