heritage

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Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun practices that are handed down from the past by tradition
  2. noun any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors
  3. noun that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner

Etymology

From Middle English heritage, from Old French eritage, heritage (modern French héritage), ultimately derived (through suffixation) from Latin hērēs. By surface analysis, herit + -age.

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