descend fromsomething
phrasal verbwithdescendverbuk/dɪˈsend/us/dɪˈsend/
to havedevelopedfrom something thatexistedin the past:
Alllivingcreaturesarethoughttodescendfrom anorganismthat came into being threebillionyearsago.
be descended fromsomeone
C2
to berelatedto aparticularpersonorgroupofpeoplewholivedin the past:
HerfatherisdescendedfromGreekroyalty.
Innate and congenital
- American, Italian, etc. by birthphrase
- birth
- born
- born and bredidiom
- congenital
- descend
- heritable
- inborn
- inbred
- inclined
- inherit
- inheritance
- innate
- innately
- instinct
- instinctive
- instinctively
- instinctual
- native
- natural