bequest

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

1. The act of bequeathing or leaving by will.
2. The transfer of property upon the owner's death according to the will of the deceased.
3. That which is left by will; a legacy.
4. That which has been handed down or transmitted.
5. A person's inheritance; an amount of property given by will.

Verb

To give as a bequest; bequeath.

Sinonimi

legacy

inheritance

heritage

patrimony

endowment

estate

hereditament

legacies

relic

residue

testament

property left at death

causa mortis

decedents’estates

ancestry

causa donatio

demise

donate

grant

hangover

heirloom

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/bɪˈkwɛst/

Etimologia (Inglese)

From Middle English biqueste, bequeste (“will, testament, bequest”), from be + -quiste, queste (“saying, utterance, testament, will, legacy”), from Old English *cwist, *cwiss (“saying”) (compare Old English andcwiss, ġecwis, uncwisse, etc.), from Proto-Germanic *kwissiz (“saying”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷet- (“to say”). Related to Old English andcwiss (“answer, reply”), Old English uncwisse (“dumb, mute”), Middle English bequethen (“to bequeath”). More at quoth, bequeath.