Business name word

Legacy

Money or property bequeathed to someone in a will.

Pronunciation: /ˈlɛɡəsi/, /ˈleɪɡəsi/

What “Legacy” means

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

  1. Left over from the past; old and no longer current.
  2. Belonging to a class of boardgame where permanent changes are made to game elements such as the board, cards and rules over multiple play sessions.

Where the word comes from

From Middle English legacie, from Old French legacie and Medieval Latin lēgātia, from Latin lēgātum. Compare legatee. The boardgame sense was coined by game designer Rob Daviau in 2011 with the game Risk Legacy.

Meanings and etymology from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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