heritor

Meaning

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

Synonyms

heir

inheritor

legatee

successor

Translations

heredero

وَارِث

وَرِيث

hereu

héritier

héritière

erede

herdeira

herdeiro

kalıtçı

الوارث

varis

Etymology

Cognate with Latin: herator

Cognate with Latin: 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.