Etymology

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Today it means: To receive (property, a title, etc.), by legal succession or bequest, usually after the previous owner's death. Full definition →

Middle English enheriten ← Old French enheriter ← Late Latin inhereditare
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  1. Late Latin · derived frominhereditare“make heir”
  2. Old French · derived fromenheriter
  3. Middle English · inherited fromenheriten
  4. English todayinherit

From Middle English enheriten, from Old French enheriter, from Late Latin inhereditare (“make heir”). Displaced native Old English ierfan.

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