primogeniture
英 [,praɪmə(ʊ)'dʒenɪtʃə]
美 [,praɪmo'dʒɛnɪtʃɚ]
1、primo- + genit- + -ure.
2、含义：first-born, right of succession of the first-born.
primogeniture 长子身份来自prime,第一的，首先的，-gen,生育，出生，词源同gene,generate.引申词义长子，长子身份。
- primogeniture (n.)
- "right of succession of the first-born," c. 1600, from French primogeniture and directly from Medieval Latin primogenitura, from Late Latin primogenitus "first-born," from Latin primo (adv.) "first in order of time," from primus "first" (see prime (adj.)) + genitus, past participle of gignere "to beget" (see genus). Earlier it meant simply "fact of being first-born" (1590s).
- 1. He inherited his father by right of his primogeniture.
- 他凭着长子继承权,继承了他父亲的财产.
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