/ ɪnˈherɪtəbl; NAmE / adjective
( biology ) ( of a feature or disease ) capable of being passed from a parent to a child in the genes :
inheritable characteristics
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WORD ORIGIN
late Middle English (formerly also as enheritable ): from Anglo-Norman French enheritable able to be made heir, from Old French enheriter , from late Latin inhereditare appoint as heir, from Latin in- in + heres , hered- heir.