patrimony

English

Etymology

First attested in 1513. From patrimoyne, from patremoyne, from Middle French patrimoine/patremoine, from Latin patrimōnium, from pater (“father”) + -mōnium (“state, condition”). Also patri- +‎ -mony. Compare matrimony

Noun

patrimony (plural patrimonies)

1. A right or estate inherited from one's father; or, in a larger sense, from any ancestor.

   Synonym: heirloom

2. Formerly, a church estate or endowment.

Related terms

• See Derived terms of pater
• See Derived terms of -mony

► English words prefixed with patri-

Derived terms

• patrimonial

 

Translations

inheritance from one's ancestor

• Catalan: patrimoni (ca) m
• Dutch: patrimonium (nl) n
• Finnish: isänperintö, perintö (fi)
• French: patrimoine (fr) m
• German: Patrimonium (de) n
• Greek: κληρονομιά (el) f (klironomiá)
• Irish: dúchas
• Italian: patrimonio (it) m
• Latin: patrimōnium n

• Portuguese: património (pt) m, patrimônio (pt) m (Brazil)
• Russian: насле́дство (ru) n (naslédstvo), во́тчина (ru) f (vótčina), насле́дие (ru) n (naslédije)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: очевина f

  Roman: òčevina (sh) f

• Spanish: patrimonio (es) m
• Turkish: miras (tr)
• Ukrainian: спадок (spadok), вотчина (votčyna), спадщина (uk) (spadščyna)

Further reading

• patrimony in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• patrimony in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• “patrimony” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.