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adjective inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent
originEtymology tree English patrimony Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English patrimonial From patrimony + -al.
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