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Where does “legacie” come from?

legacie (Old French) comes from Medieval Latin legatia, from Latin legatum, from Latin lēgātus, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx, from Proto-Italic lēg-, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-s, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Ancestry of “legacie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinlegatia—
2LatinlegatumA bequest, legacy; nominative neuter singular of...
3Latinlēgātus—
4Latinlegō—
5Latinlēx—
6Proto-Italiclēg-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “legacie”

  • legacy
  • nonlegacy
  • legacy-free
  • legacie
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- →