词根：her = heir（继承人）

  来自拉丁语的heres 意为heir,同义词根有here,herit,heir，它们都是词根her的变形。注意不要和意为to stick的her / hes 相混淆。
  （*拉丁文heres (=heir)——英文字根字典）

同源词：

1. heritage （继承人继承的东西 her (=heir)）
  n.遗产；继承物
  heritable adj.会遗传的；可继承的
  As the eldest son,the title of Duke is his heritage. 作为家里的长子，他继承了公爵的爵位。

2. heredity
  n.遗传；遗传的特征
  heredity factors / genes 遗传因素/基因

3. hereditary
  adj.世袭的，世代相传的；遗传的
  hereditary rulers /beliefs/diseases 世袭的统治者/世代相传的信仰/遗传性疾病

4. hereditament
  n.世袭财产

5. heritable
  adj.可遗传的；可继承的

6. inherit
  v.继承（财产、权力、爵位等）；因遗传而获得（某些特点） *in(=in)
  inerit 30,000 dollars from his father 从他父亲那里继承3万美元
  inherit her mother's good looks and her father's bad temper 继承了她母亲的美貌和父亲的坏脾气

7. inheritance
  n.继承；继承物，遗产；继承权 *in(=in)
  receive property by ineritance 因继承而得到财产

8. heiress
  n.女继承人

9. heirloom
  n.传家宝；祖传物（隐约出现之物——>宝物）《loom = 隐约出现》

10. heirship
  n.继承人之地位；继承权《 -ship = state 表状态的名词字尾》

11. coheir
  n.共同继承人《co- = com- = together》

12. disinherit
  v.剥夺继承权；剥夺人权或特权《dis- = apart,away》

后缀：-ess [名词后缀]

表示女性（人）或雌性（动物）

citizeness 女公民

manageress 女经理

poetess 女诗人

authoress 女作家

mayoress 女市长，市长夫人

governess 女统治者

Jewess 犹太女人

tailoress 女裁缝

hostess 女主人

murderess 女凶手

shepherdess 牧羊女

goddess 女神

lioness 母狮

leopardess 母豹

eagless 雌鹰

millionairess 女百分富翁

giantess 女巨人

astronautess 女太空人

heiress 女继承人

patroness 女保护人

词根词缀：-ess

【来源及含义】Greek -issa > Late Latin -issa > Old French -esse > Middle English -esse: a suffix that forms nouns meaning a female +++, as in lioness, tigress, heiress, hostess, and sculptress

【相关描述】When -ess is added to a noun ending in -tor, -ter, the vowel before r is generally elided (eliminated or left out), as in actress (actor + -ess); and such a derivative with the ending -tress (often equivalent to French ) is usually considered a reduced form of Latin -trix, -tricem and popularly regarded as the equivalent of -tor + -ess.

In Middle English many words in -esse were adopted from French; such as, countess, duchess, mistress, and princess, or formed on nouns in -er; such as, enchantress and sorceress.

The suffix -ess is diminishing from English usage, with trends or tendencies toward avoiding any unnecessary references to gender or sexual categorizing (feminine or masculine.

The suffixes -er and -or are no longer gender-specific in modern English: an author or manager, like a doctor or writer, may be male or female, so the words authoress and manageress are considered redundant.

Some -ess words remain in use; for example, heiress and actress, although actor is being used more often now for both men and women.

【同源单词】actress, adulteress, adventuress, ancestress, auditress, aviatress

词根词缀：hered-, herit-

【来源及含义】Latin: heir; "he, or she, who obtains that which is left"

【同源单词】disinherit, disinheritance, heir, heir apparent, heirdom, heiress