descender

/desθenˈdeɾ/ · B1 · verb

to descend

🪜 descender = descend + -er, the Spanish verb ending: to go down

From Latin descendere: de- (down) + scandere (to climb), so it means to climb down. English descend comes from the same root. It is irregular: the e changes to ie in forms like desciendo (I go down).

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