(n) – Heritage is a person’s (or group’s) background or tradition; the traditional beliefs, values, customs etc of a family, country, or society.
- Synonyms: ancestry, culture, custom, legacy, tradition, past
- Etymology: Early 13th Century Latin, from heredis meaning "heir,” which originally comes from the Greek word khera meaning "widow"
- Morphology: n - heir
- Example: This week, we will start reading about how your heritage makes you who you are.
Let's take a virtual field trip to a city whose citizens are celebrating with a Heritage Festival!
What is your heritage?
Camryn says last night when I was watching TV I heard the sentence "our gameboard today will be Danvill it's self for it's rich archaticial heritage". On the show phineas and ferb.
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ReplyDeleteI watched the movie "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" and they used the word heritage when they were talking about how the brides heritage was Greek and the groom's wasn't .
Shelby says,I also watched "My Big Fat Greek Wedding"and heard the word heritage.
DeleteShelby says, to be honest I don't know what my heritage is.
DeleteGreta says, I was looking up our fab five person and I found the word heritage on biography.com!
ReplyDeleteShelby says,On T.V. theres a new thing called Hespanic Heritage month.
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