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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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlegacyMoney or property bequeathed to someone in a...
2Middle Englishlegacie—
3Old Frenchlegacie—
4Medieval Latinlegatia—
5LatinlegatumA bequest, legacy; nominative neuter singular of...
6Latinlēgātus—
7Latinlegō—
8Latinlēx—
9Proto-Italiclēg-—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
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