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discendere

to descend

verb dee-SHEN-deh-reh Rare
Travel & Places Movement

Origin: From Latin descendere, from de- + scandere (to climb).

Also means

to be descended from

Usage Note

Discendere uses essere as its auxiliary when describing physical movement downward, and avere in some transitive uses. The sense 'to be descended from' always takes essere: discendo da una famiglia nobile. Do not confuse with scendere (to go down), which is more commonly used for everyday descents.

Examples

"Discendiamo da una lunga stirpe di artigiani."

Natural Translation

We descend from a long line of craftsmen.

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