legacy

Meaning

Noun

1. Money or property bequeathed to someone in a will.
2. Something inherited from a predecessor or the past.
3. The descendant of an alumnus, given preference in academic admissions.

Adj

Left over from the past; old and no longer current.

Synonyms

inheritance

heritage

bequest

patrimony

heirloom

estate

heirship

testament

hereditament

legate

product

property

reception

relic

remains

residue

result

reverberation

testatrix

traces

will

worth

Testament

bequeathal

post-obit

letters testamentary

causa mortis

decedents’estates

ancestry

causa donatio

demise

devise

dower

endowment

fortune

hangover

heirdom

legacies

Translations

héritage

legado

eredità

herencia

legado

Vermächtnis

patrimoine

legs

herança

lascito

legato

erfenis

κληροδότημα

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈlɛɡəsi/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: legacie

In summary

From Middle English legacie, from Old French legacie and Medieval Latin lēgātia, from Latin lēgātum.