hereditament

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Property which can be inherited.
    — The captain […] had been greatly enamoured; that is to say, of Mr Allworthy's house and gardens, and of his lands, tenements, and hereditaments[…].
  2. Inheritance; the act of inheriting.

词形变化

hereditaments plural

词源

Inherited from Middle English hereditament, from Anglo-Norman hereditament or its etymon Medieval Latin hērēditāmentum, from Late Latin hērēditō (“to inherit”), from hērēs (“heir”).
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