enheritaunce

== English == === Noun === enheritaunce (countable and uncountable, plural enheritaunces) Obsolete form of inheritance. == Middle English == === Alternative forms === anerytaunce, inheritance, inheritaunce === Etymology === Borrowed from Anglo-Norman enheritance; equivalent to enheriten +‎ -aunce. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛnˌɛriˈta(u̯)ns(ə)/, /ɛnˈɛrita(u̯)ns(ə)/ === Noun === enheritaunce (uncountable) (Late Middle English) Inheritance; the familial transmission of property. Synonym: heritage ==== Descendants ==== English: inheritance → Middle Scots: inheritance ==== References ==== “enheritaunce, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.