legacy的词源

英文词源

legacy (n.)

late 14c., "body of persons sent on a mission," from Old French legatie "legate's office," from Medieval Latin legatia, from Latin legatus "ambassador, envoy," noun use of past participle of legare "appoint by a last will, send as a legate" (see legate). Sense of "property left by will" appeared in Scottish mid-15c.

中文词源

legacy：遗产，遗赠财物

来自拉丁语legatus,大使，使节，词源同legate,来自PIE*leg,读，说，词源同legible.引申词义指定，任命。后词义发生变化，用于指遗嘱，遗赠。比较legate,legatee.

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