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

  1. 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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlegacyMoney or property bequeathed to someone in a...
2Middle Englishlegacie
3Old Frenchlegacie
4Medieval Latinlegatia
5LatinlegatumA bequest, legacy; nominative neuter singular of...
6Latinlēgātusenvoy, ambassador, legate
7Latinlegōto collect, gather, bring together, catch
8Latinlēxa proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill
9Proto-Italiclēg-
10Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s
11Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

via English Free

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishFreeUnconstrained
2EnglishfallerOne who falls; A fruit that falls from the tree,...
3English-erA person or thing that does an action indicated...
4Middle English-eragentive suffix; agent noun suffix
5Old French-erAlternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;...
6Latin-ārefirst conjugation
7Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
8Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
9Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
11Chichewaiyehe, she
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-sEvery word from Proto-Italic lēg-