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- Latin · derived frompatrimōnium
- Middle French · derived frompatrimoine
- English todaypatrimony
From earlier patrimoyne, from patremoyne, from Middle French patrimoine/patremoine, semilearned borrowing from Latin patrimōnium, from pater (“father”) + -mōnium (“state, condition”). First attested in 1513. By surface analysis, patri- + -mony. Compare matrimony. Displaced native Old English fæderġestrēon.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.