inherit + -ance

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a thing that is inherited: 相続されたもの

〖通例単数形で〗遺産, 相続財産

e.g. he came into a comfortable inheritance.: 彼は暮らしに困らない遺産を相続した。

the action of inheriting: 相続の行為

相続(すること); 相続権

〖通例単数形で〗遺伝的体質性質 ; 遺伝

e.g. the inheritance of traits.: 特性の遺伝

late Middle English (formerly also as enheritance): from Anglo-Norman French enheritaunce ‘being admitted as heir’, from Old French enheriter (see inherit).