inheritance
noun
[ ɪnˈhɛrɪt(ə)ns ]
• a thing that is inherited.
• "he came into a comfortable inheritance"
Similar:
legacy,
bequest,
endowment,
birthright,
estate,
heritage,
bestowal,
bequeathal,
benefaction,
provision,
patrimony,
devise,
hereditament,
Origin:
late Middle English (formerly also as enheritance ): from Anglo-Norman French enheritaunce ‘being admitted as heir’, from Old French enheriter (see inherit).
