Etymology

disherit

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Today it means: To disinherit. Full definition →

Middle English disheriten ← Old French desheriter ← Vulgar Latin *dishērētō
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromdis-
  2. Vulgar Latin · derived from*dishērētō
  3. Old French · derived fromdesheriter
  4. Middle English · inherited fromdisheriten
  5. English todaydisherit

From Middle English disheriten, desheriten et al., from Old French desheriter, from Vulgar Latin *dishērētō, from Latin dis- + hērēditō.

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