词根：-heredit-, -herit-

【词根含义】：继承,遗传

【词根来源】：-her-和-hes-来源于拉丁语动词haereo, haerere, haesi, haesus(粘着,粘附); haerere(粘着,粘附)的潜在意义还有两方面,一为“阻止”或“口吃”而造成说话做事不敏捷、不果断,此意义下的派生词haesitare(粘附,犹豫)产生的英语词根为-hesit-(犹豫);一为“粘附于上”→“继承,遗传”, 此意义下的派生词hereditare (继承,遗传)产生的英语词根有-heredit-和-herit-。

【同源单词】：hereditarian, hereditary, hereditism, heredity, heritable

词根词缀：hered-, herit-

【来源及含义】Latin: heir; "he, or she, who obtains that which is left"

【同源单词】disinherit, disinheritance, heir, heir apparent, heirdom, heiress