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heritage

/ˈhɛɹ.ə.tɪd͡ʒ/
noun

An inheritance; property that may be inherited.

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Noun 4 meanings

  1. An inheritance; property that may be inherited.

  2. A tradition; a practice or set of values that is passed down from preceding generations through families or through institutional memory.

  3. A birthright; the status acquired by birth, especially of but not exclusive to the firstborn.

  4. Having a certain background, such as growing up with a second language.

    “a heritage speaker; a heritage language”

Definitions: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA) via Kaikki/Wiktextract

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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.

HERITAGE at a glance

HERITAGE has 8 letters and scores 12 points in Scrabble (H 4 + E 1 + R 1 + I 1 + T 1 + A 1 + G 2 + E 1) and 12 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,811 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.

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