10 letters · 19 points in Scrabble
noun a right or privilege that you are entitled to at birth
noun an inheritance coming by right of birth (especially by primogeniture)
noun personal characteristics that are inherited at birth
originFrom birth + right. Compare West Frisian berterjocht (“birthright”), Dutch geboorterecht (“birthright”), German Geburtsrecht (“birthright”). Compare also Icelandic frumburðarréttur (“birthright”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0