inheritor
/ˌɪnˈheɹətə/in-HEH-ruh-tur
/ˌɪnˈhɛɹətɚ/in-HEH-ruh-tur
Meaningone who inherits
Common meaning: an heir
- inin, into; (before adjectives) not
- heritan heirLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 848 · scan
- oragent ending: the doer, or the device that does it
‘in, into’ + ‘an heir’ → inheritor
Journey through time
- Latinhērēs, hērēdis‘an heir’
- Old Frenchheritersource
- Englishinherit‘to receive from someone who has died’
- Englishformed in English from inheritinheritor‘an heir’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
- No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
- No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.
Origin: Formed in English from inherit + -or.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), INHERIT, p.293 · scan
Roots
- hērēs, hērēdis Latin “an heir”
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