heritage
- (countable, uncountable) An inheritance; property that may be inherited.
- (countable, uncountable) A tradition; a practice or set of values that is passed down from preceding generations through families or through institutional memory.
- (countable, uncountable) A birthright; the status acquired by birth, especially of but not exclusive to the firstborn.
- (attributive, countable, uncountable) Having a certain background, such as growing up with a second language.
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈhɛɹ.ɪ.tɪd͡ʒ/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English heritage, from Old French eritage, heritage (modern French héritage), ultimately derived (through suffixation) from Latin hērēs. By surface analysis, herit + -age.
Related words
inherited property
estate of inheritance
hereditary property
hereditary estate
decedents’estates
herencia
herança
eredità
Erbe
κληρονομιά
erfenis
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