inheritable

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ɪnˈhɛrɪtəbəl/ UK /ɪnˈhɛrɪtəbəl/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
capable of being passed to or received by an heir or descendant

The title was inheritable only through the male line.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · capable of being passed to... heritablehereditary transmissibledescendible

Opposites

non-inheritable

Word family

Forms heritable

Derived forms inheritabilityinheritableness

Related forms inherit inheritanceheritableheir heritage

Etymology

From inherit (from Old French enheriter, from Late Latin inhereditare 'to appoint as heir', from in- + Latin heres 'heir') + -able.

in- Latin heres Latin

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Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# inheritable

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ɪnˈhɛrɪtəbəl/
**IPA (UK):** /ɪnˈhɛrɪtəbəl/

## Meanings
1. capable of being passed to or received by an heir or descendant

## Examples
- The title was inheritable only through the male line.

## Synonyms
- heritable
- hereditary
- transmissible
- descendible

## Antonyms
- non-inheritable

## Derived Forms
- inheritability
- inheritableness

## Related Forms
- inherit
- inheritance
- heritable
- heir
- heritage

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: in-
- Root: heres

## Etymology
From inherit (from Old French enheriter, from Late Latin inhereditare 'to appoint as heir', from in- + Latin heres 'heir') + -able.

## AI Etymology
inheritable comes from inherit (from Old French enheriter, from Late Latin inhereditare 'to appoint as heir', from in- + Latin heres 'heir') + -able. Morphologically, the ending is part of the etymology: the suffix is attached to the older base named in the history, producing a later English derivative. In present English, the adjective sense is "capable of being passed to or received by an heir or descendant", so the historical development ends in a clearly identifiable modern dictionary use. The same base also appears in related forms such as inherit, inheritance, heritable, and heir, and in derivatives such as inheritability and inheritableness. Its semantic neighborhood includes heritable, hereditary, transmissible, and descendible, which helps locate the modern sense without adding a separate etymological claim. The named historical forms include Latin in- and Latin heres.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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