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highlander11 | 02:26 Tue 06th Nov 2007 | Word Origins
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the origin of the word "heir"
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From Old French 'heir' and vulgar Latin 'heres'...both of which meant exactly the same as the modern English word.
07:58 Tue 06th Nov 2007

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