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
- To disinherit
Ancestry of “disherit”, step by step
disherit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French desheriter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | desheriter | — |
| 2 | Latin | deshereto | — |
| 3 | Latin | heredito | I inherit |
| 4 | Latin | hereditas | inheritance; hereditary succession; hereditary... |
| 5 | Latin | -tas | -ty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship; Third-declension... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |