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Where does “disherit” come from?

disherit (English) comes from Old French desheriter, from Latin deshereto, from Latin heredito, from Latin hereditas, from Latin -tas, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

disherit (English): To disinherit

Definitions

  1. To disinherit

Ancestry of “disherit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchdesheriter—
2Latindeshereto—
3LatinhereditoI inherit
4Latinhereditasinheritance; hereditary succession; hereditary...
5Latin-tas-ty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship; Third-declension...
6Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
7Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
8Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “disherit”

  • disheritor
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