inheritance
inherit
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noun
a thing that is
inherited
: 相続されたもの
〖通例単数形で〗遺産, 相続財産
e.g.
he came into a
comfortable
inheritance.: 彼は暮らしに困らない遺産を相続した。
the action of
inheriting
: 相続の行為
相続(すること); 相続権
〖通例単数形で〗遺伝的体質性質 ; 遺伝
e.g.
the inheritance of
trait
s.: 特性の遺伝
ORIGIN
late
Middle English
(formerly also as
enheritance
): from
Anglo-Norman French
enheritaunce
‘being admitted as
heir
’, from
Old French
enheriter
(see
inherit
).