inherited
adjective
[ ɪnˈhɛrɪtɪd ]
• (of money, property, or a title) received as an heir at the death of the previous holder.
• "inherited wealth"
• (of a quality, characteristic, or predisposition) derived genetically from one's parents or ancestors.
• "inherited diseases"
inherit
verb
• receive (money, property, or a title) as an heir at the death of the previous holder.
• "she inherited a fortune from her father"
Similar:
become heir to,
fall heir to,
come into/by,
be bequeathed,
be left,
be willed,
be devised,
• derive (a quality, characteristic, or predisposition) genetically from one's parents or ancestors.
• receive or be left with (a situation, object, etc.) from a predecessor or former owner.
• "spending commitments inherited from previous governments"
Similar:
succeed to,
accede to,
assume,
take over,
come into,
be elevated to,
have conferred on one,
Origin:
Middle English enherite ‘receive as a right’, from Old French enheriter, from late Latin inhereditare ‘appoint as heir’, from Latin in- ‘in’ + heres, hered- ‘heir’.
