legacy
legacy Lexical Profile
legacy Game Scores & Validity
• noun
The long-lasting impact, influence, reputation, or body of work left behind by a person, organization, or historical event.
"The architect's enduring legacy can be seen in the iconic civic buildings that still define the city's skyline."
An amount of money or personal property left to someone in a will.
"She used the small legacy from her grandmother to pay for her graduate school tuition."
North American An applicant to a university, school, or fraternity who receives preferential consideration because a parent or other relative attended the same institution.
"Debates over college admissions often focus on whether a legacy should be given an advantage over first-generation applicants."
• adjective
Denoting or relating to software, hardware, or operational systems that have been superseded by newer technology but remain in use because they are difficult or costly to replace.
"The bank is gradually migrating its customer records away from legacy mainframes to cloud-based servers."
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in Middle English from Old French legacie ('office of a papal legate'), from Medieval Latin legatia, and later influenced in sense by Latin legatum ('a bequest in a will'), from the verb legare ('to appoint by law, bequeath').