Where does “legacy-free” come from?
legacy-free (English) comes from English legacy, from Middle English legacie, from Old French legacie, from Medieval Latin legatia, from Latin legatum, from Latin lēgātus, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
legacy-free (English): Lacking certain older components such as a floppy...
Definitions
- Lacking certain older components such as a floppy...
Ancestry of “legacy-free”, step by step
legacy-free traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English legacy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | legacy | Money or property bequeathed to someone in a... |
| 2 | Middle English | legacie | — |
| 3 | Old French | legacie | — |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | legatia | — |
| 5 | Latin | legatum | A bequest, legacy; nominative neuter singular of... |
| 6 | Latin | lēgātus | envoy, ambassador, legate |
| 7 | Latin | legō | to collect, gather, bring together, catch |
| 8 | Latin | lēx | a proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |
via English Free
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Free | Unconstrained |
| 2 | English | faller | One who falls; A fruit that falls from the tree,... |
| 3 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 4 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 5 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 6 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |