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.

Concetti

lascito

eredità

legato

successione

testamento

lascio

volontà

patrimonio

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

Traduzioni

héritage

Vermächtnis

legado

legs

herencia

κληροδότημα

Nachlass

patrimoine

herança

Erbe

llegat

vererben

léguer

legaat

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/bɪˈkwɛst/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: biqueste

Affine inglese antico: andcwiss

Affine inglese antico: uncwisse

Affine inglese medio: bequethen

Ereditato da inglese medio: biquesten

In summary

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.