patrimony
What is the opposite of patrimony? Here is what we hold, with its meaning and related words.
Noun — A right or estate inherited from one's father; or, in a larger sense, from any male ancestor.
Etymology
From earlier patrimoyne, from patremoyne, from Middle French patrimoine/patremoine, semilearned borrowing from Latin patrimōnium, from pater (“father”) + -mōnium (“state, condition”). First attested in 1513. By surface analysis, patri- + -mony. Compare matrimony. Displaced native Old English fæderġestrēon.
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