English
herit
Herit comes from Middle French heriter, and goes back to Latin hērēditō ‘to drive out, destroy’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhērēditō‘to drive out, destroy’next step skipped: Old French alteration
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400eriter
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600heriter
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500heriten
- Englishearliest quotation a. 1534herit
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhērēditō‘to drive out, destroy’next step skipped: Old French alteration
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400eriter
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600heriter
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500heriten
- Englishearliest quotation a. 1534herit
Earliest quotation: a. 1534, Marcus Aurelius, London: […] Thomæ Bertheleti […]: “Reaſon holdeth confidence to argue thy treaſon by that…”
Every English word from Latin hērēditō
Today it means
verb Synonym of inherit.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin hērēditō / herit