myEtymology.com: English etymology of disinherited

Etymology of the English word disinherited

the English word disinherited

derived from the English word disinherit

derived from the English word inherit

derived from the Old French word enheriter

derived from the Late Latin word inhereditare (appoint an heir)

using the Latin prefix in- (suffix for no)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ne (not)

derived from the Latin word hereditare (inherit)

derived from the Classical Latin word heres (heir, heiress)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ghe-

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ghē-

derived from the English word dis-

using the Latin prefix dis-