Coheir
/ˌkoʊˈɛr/noun
A person who shares an inheritance with one or more other heirs.
Did you know?Coheir is a medieval legal term built from Latin roots meaning “with” + “heir,” showing how inheritance was once treated as a shared claim rather than a private right.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*ǵʰey-
“to beget, give birth; to produce”
Latin
Latin
co-
“with, together”
Latin
Latin
hērēs
“heir; one who inherits”
Old French
Old French
coeir
“co-heir, joint heir”
Middle English
English
coheir
“a joint heir to an inheritance”
Modern English
English
coheir
“a person who shares an inheritance with another heir”
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