Heredia is a place-name and surname stemming from the singular Latin noun (plural: ). However, different evolution paths have been postulated for the word, even different origins.
Hereditary land According to Belgian economist Émile Louis Victor de Laveleye, the was "land transmitted hereditarily". The symbolized "the continuity between one generation of citizens and the next". by Katharine T. Von Stackelberg
In Apellidos vascos, linguist Koldo Mitxelena postulates a similar heredium root for the surname and village Heredia in the Basque Country, attested as Deredia for small place-names in Basque, due to prothesis, in the same way as Basque surname and place-name Gerediaga.
Other words related to include:Harvard's Archimedes Project , a scholarly research on the "history of mechanics and engineering from antiquity to the Renaissance"
: the next heir. : hereditament, all property that may be inherited. : to cause to inherit. : an inheritance.
Unit of measurement
A is also an Ancient Roman unit of measurement, approximately equivalent to 1.246 acres or 5060 square meters.Roman Weights & Measure
Herod On the other hand, Flavius Josephus believes that heredium was a name given to a costly citadel in memory of Herod's great actions, as Herod "adorned it with the most costly palaces, and erected very strong fortifications" (The Genuine Works of Flavius Josephus, page 48). Likewise, the History of Free Masonry claims that Heredia is a name derived from Herod the Great and his Herodian Kingdom.
References
Ancient Rome Studies - Archimedes Project - Harvard University, http://harvard.edu Hereditas Journal Information - Oikos Editorial Office - https://web.archive.org/web/20140109064312/http://www.oikos.ekol.lu.se/herjrnl.html Heredium - Flavius Josephus - The Genuine Works of Flavius Josephus - https://archive.org/details/genuineworksfla00whisgoog ].