The word "ascendents" refers to one's ancestors or those who came before them. It is spelled with the letters A-S-C-E-N-D-E-N-T-S, with the stress on the second syllable. The IPA phonetic transcription for this word is /əˈsen.dənts/. The first syllable is pronounced with the schwa sound /ə/ and the second syllable is pronounced with the stress and a short /e/ sound. The following syllables are pronounced with a short /ə/ sound and the final syllable with a /ts/ sound.
The word "ascendents" is derived from the Latin word "ascendens", which is the present participle form of the verb "ascendere". "Ascendere" is a compound word consisting of "ad" meaning "to" and "scandere" meaning "to climb". Therefore, "ascendens" refers to someone or something that is climbing or rising. The term "ascendents" is the plural form of "ascendent" and is commonly used in astrology to refer to the zodiac sign that is rising on the eastern horizon at the time of an individual's birth.