Capable of being passed down from parents to children through genes or inheritance.
From Latin 'hereditabilis,' derived from 'hereditas' (inheritance) and 'heres' (heir). The suffix '-able' was added to indicate capability or possibility of inheriting.
While 'heritable' is the modern scientific term, 'hereditable' was used historically in legal documents to describe property and titles that could legally pass to heirs.
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