English
inheritocracy
From inherit + -o- + -cracy.
Formed from inherit + -o- + -cracy
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₁- ‘to leave, abandon’
Latin hērēditō ‘to be an heir’
Late Latin inhereditō ‘make heir’
Old French enheriter ‘to inherit’
Middle English enheriten
English inherit
Today it means
noun An economic situation in which individuals' prosperity is mainly dependent on inherited wealth rather than income from work or other sources.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / inheritocracy