descendant vs dictionary form

descendant

• A word or form in one language that is descended from a counterpart in an ancestor language. 

• A language that is descended from another. 

• A later evolutionary type. 

• One of the progeny of a specified person, at any distance of time or through any number of generations. 

• A thing that derives directly from a given precursor or source. 

• Proceeding from a figurative ancestor or source. 

• Descending; going down 

• Descending from a biological ancestor. 

dictionary form

• The basic form of a word used as a dictionary entry (of any part of speech, but especially of a verb).