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- hereditary



[hereditary 词源字典] - hereditary: [16] Latin hērēs ‘heir’ (a relative of Greek khéra ‘widow’ and Sanskrit hā- ‘leave, lose’) has been quite a prolific source of English words. For one thing there is heir [13] itself, acquired via Old French heir. And then there are all the derivatives of the Latin stem form hērēd-, including hereditament [15], hereditary, heredity [16], and, via the late Latin verb hērēditāre, heritage [13] and inherit [14].
=> heredity, heritage, inherit[hereditary etymology, hereditary origin, 英语词源] - hereditary (adj.)




- early 15c., hereditarie, from Latin hereditarius, from hereditas (see heredity).