inherit

Εννοια

1. To take possession of as a right (especially in Biblical translations).
2. To receive (property, a title, etc.), by legal succession or bequest after the previous owner's death.
3. To receive a characteristic from one's ancestors by genetic transmission.
4. To derive from people or conditions previously in force.
5. To come into an inheritance.
6. To derive (existing functionality) from a superclass.
7. To derive a new class from (a superclass).
8. (obsolete) To put in possession of.

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ɪnˈhɛɹɪt/

Ετυμολογία

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