heredityn.

Brit.

/hᵻˈrɛdᵻti/, U.S.

/həˈrɛdədi/

Forms: 1500s hereditee, 1500s 1700s– heredity.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French heredité; Latin hērēditāt-, hērēditās.

Etymology: < (i) Middle French heredité (French hérédité ) that which is inherited (c1050 in Old French, originally in plural ereditez ), hereditary succession, quality of being heir (a1444 or earlier), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin hērēditāt-, hērēditās action or fact of inheriting, hereditary succession, position of heir, inheritance, hereditary possession, that which is inherited, substance of an inheritance < hērēd- , hērēs heir n. + -itās -ity suffix. In sense 3 after French hérédité (1821 in this sense). Compare Spanish †hereditad (late 12th cent.), Italian eredità (a1292). Compare earlier hereditament n., heritage n., heritance n.

1. Hereditary succession; inheritance. Also: that which is inherited; an inheritance. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > succession > [noun] > descent by inheritance > that which is inherited

etheleOE

heritagea1225

ereward-richea1325

reversiona1325

patrimony1357

succession1382

inheriteson1470

heredity?c1550

inheritage1557

long acre1608

relict1726

post-obit1812

hand-me-down1909

?c1550 tr. P. Vergil Eng. Hist. (1846) I. 294 His promise..made to the duke concerninge the hereditee of the kingdom.

?c1550 tr. P. Vergil Eng. Hist. (1846) I. 252 This Richard was a manne..well worthie the princelie hereditee of his father which hee soberlie governed.

1587 tr. Declar. to French King conc. Holy League 43 They both do participate in y^e heredity of offices venall.

1713 Mr. Justice tr. J. A. d'Archambaud Bait of Europe 3 A Disposition destroys Heredity.

1800 tr. L.-P. Anquetil Summ. Universal Hist. VIII. 493 To learn whether he would be satisfied with the heredity in the male line.

a1910 ‘M. Twain’ Autobiography (2010) I. 223 We adore titles and heredities in our hearts and ridicule them with our mouths. This is our democratic privilege.

1979 K. Amis Coll. Poems 23 Those whom heredity or guns have made Masters, must show it by a common speech.

2. Law. Hereditary character, quality, or condition; the fact of being hereditary or heritable.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > succession > [noun] > descent by inheritance > capability of

hereditariness1640

descendibility1765

heredity1773

inheritableness1780

inheritability1784

hereditability1798

descendability1830

heritability1832

1773 J. Lind Lett. conc. Present State Poland iv. 41 The present claimant is heir, and in virtue of that heredity alone, holds his kingdom.

1784 Lafayette in J. Sparks Corr. Amer. Revol. (1853) IV. 61 If it is found that the heredity endangers the true principles of democracy, I am..ready..to renounce it.

1841 New-Yorker 13 Feb. 348/1 It is believed that be will resign in favor of his son Ibrahim, which implies a fear that the heredity of his government is at an end.

1882 Athenæum 30 Dec. 896/2 The heredity and independence of the fiefs can be shown to have commenced in..the tenth century.

1985 R. H. Hilton Class Confl. & Crisis of Feudalism xviii. 230 The heredity of fiefs, even in England,..was never really in doubt.

2002 J. J. Hurt Louis XIV & Parlements ii. 46 The judges then declined to register the declaration for the heredity of judicial officials.

3. Chiefly Biology. The property of living organisms of transmitting their characteristics to their offspring (and hence to subsequent descendants); the inherent tendency of offspring to resemble their parents (or remoter ancestors); (the principle of) the inheritance of biological characteristics.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > biology > biological processes > genetic activity > heredity or hereditary descent > [noun]

heredity1844

hereditation1845

inheritance1859

heritability1882

hereditability1895

1844 Lancet 14 Dec. 333/1 Pellagra was more frequently transmitted by heredity than occasioned by poverty, bad alimentation, and exposure to the sun.

1863 H. Spencer Princ. Biol. §80 Some naturalists seem to entertain a vague belief, that the law of Heredity applies only to main characters of structure, and not to details.

1869 F. Galton Hered. Genius 334 I was desirous of obtaining facts bearing on heredity from China.

1894 Daily News 12 July 6/2 Heredity philosophers should be interested in the portraits of Mr. Edison's parents.

1913 W. E. Kellicott Textbk. Gen. Embryol. vii. 295 In Mendelian heredity the individual qualities of the parents may not appear separately until the first generation after the hybrids.

1932 J. B. S. Haldane Causes of Evolution ii. 34 The differences which exist between members of a clone are mainly due to environment and not to heredity.

1992 Sci. Amer. Apr. 16/2 Few scientists dispute that heredity can create a susceptibility to alcoholism.

2001 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 21 June 81/2 The uproar about so-called genetically modified organisms (GMOs) has been the direct consequence of the development of a radically new way to manipulate heredity.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	heredity
释义	heredityn. Brit. /hᵻˈrɛdᵻti/, U.S. /həˈrɛdədi/ Forms: 1500s hereditee, 1500s 1700s– heredity. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French heredité; Latin hērēditāt-, hērēditās. Etymology: < (i) Middle French heredité (French hérédité ) that which is inherited (c1050 in Old French, originally in plural ereditez ), hereditary succession, quality of being heir (a1444 or earlier), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin hērēditāt-, hērēditās action or fact of inheriting, hereditary succession, position of heir, inheritance, hereditary possession, that which is inherited, substance of an inheritance < hērēd- , hērēs heir n. + -itās -ity suffix. In sense 3 after French hérédité (1821 in this sense). Compare Spanish †hereditad (late 12th cent.), Italian eredità (a1292). Compare earlier hereditament n., heritage n., heritance n. 1. Hereditary succession; inheritance. Also: that which is inherited; an inheritance. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > succession > [noun] > descent by inheritance > that which is inherited etheleOE heritagea1225 ereward-richea1325 reversiona1325 patrimony1357 succession1382 inheriteson1470 heredity?c1550 inheritage1557 long acre1608 relict1726 post-obit1812 hand-me-down1909 ?c1550 tr. P. Vergil Eng. Hist. (1846) I. 294 His promise..made to the duke concerninge the hereditee of the kingdom. ?c1550 tr. P. Vergil Eng. Hist. (1846) I. 252 This Richard was a manne..well worthie the princelie hereditee of his father which hee soberlie governed. 1587 tr. Declar. to French King conc. Holy League 43 They both do participate in y^e heredity of offices venall. 1713 Mr. Justice tr. J. A. d'Archambaud Bait of Europe 3 A Disposition destroys Heredity. 1800 tr. L.-P. Anquetil Summ. Universal Hist. VIII. 493 To learn whether he would be satisfied with the heredity in the male line. a1910 ‘M. Twain’ Autobiography (2010) I. 223 We adore titles and heredities in our hearts and ridicule them with our mouths. This is our democratic privilege. 1979 K. Amis Coll. Poems 23 Those whom heredity or guns have made Masters, must show it by a common speech. 2. Law. Hereditary character, quality, or condition; the fact of being hereditary or heritable. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > succession > [noun] > descent by inheritance > capability of hereditariness1640 descendibility1765 heredity1773 inheritableness1780 inheritability1784 hereditability1798 descendability1830 heritability1832 1773 J. Lind Lett. conc. Present State Poland iv. 41 The present claimant is heir, and in virtue of that heredity alone, holds his kingdom. 1784 Lafayette in J. Sparks Corr. Amer. Revol. (1853) IV. 61 If it is found that the heredity endangers the true principles of democracy, I am..ready..to renounce it. 1841 New-Yorker 13 Feb. 348/1 It is believed that be will resign in favor of his son Ibrahim, which implies a fear that the heredity of his government is at an end. 1882 Athenæum 30 Dec. 896/2 The heredity and independence of the fiefs can be shown to have commenced in..the tenth century. 1985 R. H. Hilton Class Confl. & Crisis of Feudalism xviii. 230 The heredity of fiefs, even in England,..was never really in doubt. 2002 J. J. Hurt Louis XIV & Parlements ii. 46 The judges then declined to register the declaration for the heredity of judicial officials. 3. Chiefly Biology. The property of living organisms of transmitting their characteristics to their offspring (and hence to subsequent descendants); the inherent tendency of offspring to resemble their parents (or remoter ancestors); (the principle of) the inheritance of biological characteristics. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > genetic activity > heredity or hereditary descent > [noun] heredity1844 hereditation1845 inheritance1859 heritability1882 hereditability1895 1844 Lancet 14 Dec. 333/1 Pellagra was more frequently transmitted by heredity than occasioned by poverty, bad alimentation, and exposure to the sun. 1863 H. Spencer Princ. Biol. §80 Some naturalists seem to entertain a vague belief, that the law of Heredity applies only to main characters of structure, and not to details. 1869 F. Galton Hered. Genius 334 I was desirous of obtaining facts bearing on heredity from China. 1894 Daily News 12 July 6/2 Heredity philosophers should be interested in the portraits of Mr. Edison's parents. 1913 W. E. Kellicott Textbk. Gen. Embryol. vii. 295 In Mendelian heredity the individual qualities of the parents may not appear separately until the first generation after the hybrids. 1932 J. B. S. Haldane Causes of Evolution ii. 34 The differences which exist between members of a clone are mainly due to environment and not to heredity. 1992 Sci. Amer. Apr. 16/2 Few scientists dispute that heredity can create a susceptibility to alcoholism. 2001 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 21 June 81/2 The uproar about so-called genetically modified organisms (GMOs) has been the direct consequence of the development of a radically new way to manipulate heredity. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?c1550
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