Main Entry: ¹leg·a·cy

Pronunciation: \ˈle-gə-sē\

Function: noun

Inflected Form(s): plural leg·a·cies

Etymology: Middle English legacie office of a legate, bequest, from Anglo-French or Medieval Latin; Anglo-French, office of a legate, from Medieval Latin legatia, from Latin legatus

Date: 15th century

1 : a gift by will especially of money or other personal property : bequest
2 : something transmitted by or received from an ancestor or predecessor or from the past <the legacy of the ancient philosophers>