inheritance

noun5

1. •
   That which a person is entitled to inherit, by law or testament, such as the part of an estate (i.e., a portion).
2. •
   The biological attributes passed hereditarily from ancestors to their offspring.
3. •
   The passing of title to an estate upon death.
4. •
   The act or mechanism of inheriting; the state of having inherited.

   • The Indo-European languages share various similarities as a result of their inheritance from a common ancestor.
5. •
   The mechanism whereby parts of a superclass are available to instances of its subclass.