Synonyms & related words for heritability

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of heritability. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to heritability

Explore words related to heritability — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include inheritability, hereditariness, polygenic, heritable, nongenetic, genetic, heredity, allelomorphic. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does heritability come from?

The word heritability breaks down into 3 roots of Latin origin: herit, from Latin heres (“heir”); -abil, from Latin abilis (“capable of being”); and -ity, from Latin itas (“state of”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.