legacy

Meanings

Noun

Money or property bequeathed to someone in a will.
Something inherited from a predecessor or the past.
The descendant of an alumnus.

Adjective

Left over from the past; no longer current.

Origin

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

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