Etymology of the English word heritable
the English word
heritablederived from the Old French word
heritablederived from the Old French word
hériterderived 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 Old French word
heriterderived 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-Date
The earliest known usage of heritable in English dates from the 14th century.
Usage
Word found in Modern English
