legacy

leg-a-cy · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    Money or property left to someone in a will.

  2. 2.

    Something handed down from the past; a lasting impact or consequence.

Forms

plural: legacies

Related words

Antonyms: forfeiture
See also: bequest, heritage, inheritance
Synonyms: bequest, heritage, inheritance

Etymology

From Latin legatum (bequest), from legare (to appoint by a last will, send as ambassador).