Definition
The act or state of descending; lineage or ancestry; the relationship between ancestors and descendants.
Etymology
From Old French 'descendance' derived from 'descendre' (to descend). The term has been used in English since medieval times to describe family lineage and hereditary relationships.
Kelly Says
The word 'descendance' shows up in genealogy research—it's the formal way to describe the family tree flowing downward from ancestors, capturing the entire inherited chain of relationships.
Translations
CACatalà
descendència
de-sen-den-cia
CSČeština
potomstvo
po-to-m-stvo
DADansk
afstamning
af-stam-ning
DEDeutsch
Abstammung
ab-stam-mung
ELΕλληνικά
πατριαρχία
pa-tri-ar-kia
ESEspañol
descendientes
de-sen-den-te-es
FRFrançais
descendance
de-san-dans
HUMagyar
öröklődés
or-e-klo-de-s
IDBahasa Indonesia
keturunan
ket-u-ran-an
ITItaliano
discendenza
dis-cen-den-za
MSBahasa Melayu
keturunan
ket-u-ran-an
MYမြန်မာ
အဆက်အစ
a-se-k-a-se
NLNederlands
afstamming
af-stam-ming
NONorsk
etterkom
et-ter-kom
PLPolski
potomstwo
po-to-m-stwo
PTPortuguês
descendência
de-sen-den-sia
RORomână
descendență
de-scen-den-tsa
RUРусский
потомство
po-tom-stvo
SVSvenska
avstamning
av-stam-ning
TAதமிழ்
சந்ததி
san-tha-thi
TEతెలుగు
వారసత్వం
va-ra-sat-vam
THไทย
บรรพบุรุษ
ban-rap-pu-rut
TLTL
magkakapamilya
ma-ga-ka-ka-pi-mya-li-ya
UKУкраїнська
нащадки
na-sh-tak-ky
VITiếng Việt
ngũ hệ
ngu he