polveutua — meaning in English

English meaning

• descend verb To move from a higher place to a lower one; to go down.
• stem noun The main stalk of a plant that supports leaves, flowers, or fruit.

Senses

polveutua is used for these senses in English:

• come from (transitive) To be derived from.
• descend (intransitive, often, passive voice) Chiefly followed by from or (obsolete) of: to come down or derive from an ancestor or ancestral stock, or a source; to originate, to stem.
• stem To descend in a family line.

descend — full definition

1. verb To move from a higher place to a lower one; to go down.
2. verb To be traced back to, or come from, an earlier generation or source.
3. verb To become worse or fall into a lower, more negative state.

stem — full definition

1. noun The main stalk of a plant that supports leaves, flowers, or fruit.
2. noun A slender supporting part of an object, such as a wine glass or tobacco pipe.
3. noun The base form of a word to which endings are added.
4. verb To originate or arise from something.
5. verb To stop or hold back the flow or spread of something.

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