legacy C1 Topic:Space, Position & Direction US /ˈleɪɡəsi/ UK /ˈlɛɡəsi/ See IPA manual Freq #5882 Meanings 1 noun Something passed down from the past or from a person who came before. The former president left behind a lasting legacy of reform. 2 noun Money or property left to someone in a will. He used the legacy from his aunt to buy a small house. 3 adj Left over from the past and no longer up to date. The bank still relies on slow legacy software from the 1990s. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · something passed down from... heritage 2 noun · money or property left to... bequest Word family Forms legacies Etymology AI details From Middle English legacie, from Old French legacie and Medieval Latin lēgātia, from Latin lēgātum. legacie Middle English lēgātia la-med lego Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Space, Position & Direction Time Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # legacy **Type:** Word **Level:** C1 **Part of speech:** noun, adj **IPA (US):** /ˈleɪɡəsi/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈlɛɡəsi/ **Frequency rank:** 5882 ## Meanings 1. Something passed down from the past or from a person who came before. 2. Money or property left to someone in a will. 3. Left over from the past and no longer up to date. ## Examples - The former president left behind a lasting legacy of reform. - He used the legacy from his aunt to buy a small house. - The bank still relies on slow legacy software from the 1990s. ## Roots and Affixes - Root: legacie - Root: lēgātia - Root: lego ## Etymology From Middle English legacie, from Old French legacie and Medieval Latin lēgātia, from Latin lēgātum. ## AI Etymology Legacy is from Middle English legacie, from Old French legacie and Medieval Latin lēgātia, from Latin lēgātum. In present-day use, it can mean something passed down from the past or from a person who came before, or money or property left to someone in a will. ## Topics - Space, Position & Direction - Time - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown