Word: ascendants
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: a
scen
dants
Definition: Plural of ascendant; someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
Morphemes:
Affix: ascend
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To move upward, to fly, to soar.
Affix: -ant
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: An adjective corresponding to a noun in -ance having the sense of "exhibiting (the condition or process described by the noun)".
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -āns
Language: la
Decoded: -ans
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Ending of the present active participle of first conjugation verbs; ee -ns.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plural of nouns that correctly take just an "s" in the plural. See greengrocer’s apostrophe.