adjective
- capable of being inherited; inheritable; hereditary.
- capable of inheriting.
adjective
- capable of being inherited; inheritable
- mainly law capable of inheriting
early 15c., from Old French héritable (c.1200), from hériter (see heritage). Related: Heritability.
adj.
- Capable of being passed from one generation to the next; hereditary.
- Capable of inheriting or taking by inheritance.
- Capable of being passed from one generation to the next through the genes.