inheritance; heritage; legacy; bequest (property that is bequeathed and inherited) · heritage (anything that is passed down from preceding generations, e.g. genes, values, attitudes, traditions, etc.)
köken: From Middle High German erbe, from Old High German erbi, from Proto-West Germanic *arbī, from Proto-Germanic *arbiją, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃erbʰ- (“to change ownership”). Cognate with Dutch erf (“yard”), obsolete English erf. Related to German Arbeit (“work”).
köken: From Middle Dutch [Term?], from Old Dutch ervidēl, from Proto-West Germanic [Term?]; compare Middle High German erbeteil (German Erbteil), Middle Low German ervedēl. By surface analysis, erven (“to inherit”) or erf (“inheritance”) + deel (“part”).
inheritance, heritage, legacy (that which a person is entitled to inherit, by law or testament) · heritage (a tradition; a practice or set of values that is passed down from preceding generations through families or through institutional memory)
çekim: çoğul κληρονομιές · tamlayan κληρονομιάς
eş: κληρονομία
köken: Inherited from Byzantine Greek *κληρονομιά (*klēronomiá) from Ancient Greek κληρονομία (klēronomía), with synizesis of the final vowels.
inheritance; the passing of titles, property etc upon someone's death · inheritance, the passing of qualities by means of genes · inheritance, the passing of properties to child objects
çekim: çoğul arvs · tamlayan arvs
köken: From Old Norse arfr (“heritage”), from Proto-Germanic *arbiją, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃erbʰ- (“to change ownership”).
inheritance, heritage, legacy (that which a person is entitled to inherit, money or property bequeathed to someone in a will) · heritage, legacy (something inherited from a predecessor; something passed down from preceding generations through families or through institutional memory)
heritage, legacy (spiritual assets or values of previous generations, times, and people) · estate (property and liabilities, especially of a deceased person)