heritor

Betekenis (Engels)

1. A person who inherits; an heir or heiress.
2. A proprietor or landholder in a parish.

Synoniemen

heir

inheritor

legatee

successor

Vertalingen

heredero

وَارِث

وَرِيث

hereu

héritier

héritière

erede

herdeira

herdeiro

kalıtçı

الوارث

varis

Etymologie (Engels)

Verwant aan Latijn: herator

Verwant aan Latijn: heres

In summary

From Middle English heriter, from Anglo-Norman heriter, Old French heritier, earlier eretier, eritier, from Late Latin hērēditārium (from the adjective hērēditārius (“hereditary”)), which took the place of hērēs (“heir”). In the 16th century conformed to agent nouns in -our, -or. By surface analysis, herit + -or.