English
heritable
Heritable comes from Anglo-Norman heritable.
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400heritable
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form‘inheritable, hereditary’
- Englishearliest quotation 1791same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400heritable
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form‘inheritable, hereditary’
- Englishearliest quotation 1791same form
Earliest quotation: 1791, Thomas Paine: “An heritable crown, or an heritable throne, or by…”
Formed from herit + -able
Latin hērēditō ‘to drive out, destroy’
Old French eriter
Middle French heriter
Middle English heriten
English herit
Every English word from Anglo-Norman heritable
Today it means
adj That can legally be inherited.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Anglo-Norman heritable / heritable