Definition/Meaning of inheritance

• English - Noun: inheritance ( countable and uncountable , plural inheritances ) The passing of title to an estate upon death . ( countable ) That which a person is entitled to inherit , by law or testament . ( biology ) The biological attributes passed hereditarily from ancestors to their offspring . ( programming , object-oriented ) In object-oriented programming , the mechanism whereby parts of a superclass…
• English - Alternative forms: enheritance ( obsolete ) enheritaunce ( obsolete ) inheritaunce ( obsolete )
• English - Pronunciation: IPA (key) : /ɪnˈhɛɹətəns/
• English - Etymology: Recorded since 1473, from to inherit , itself from Old French enheriter "make heir , appoint as heir ," from Late Latin inhereditare "to appoint as heir ," from Latin in- "in" + hereditare "to inherit ," from heres (gen. heredis) "heir".
• English - References: “inheritance” in Douglas Harper , Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).