Skip to content

"legacy" in seven languages

Meaninglegacy

Spanish

legado

/leˈgado/

masc.learned

Also herencia.

French

héritage

/eʁitaʒ/

masc.other source · hériter, from Latin HĒRĒDITĀRE 'to inherit'

Italian

eredità

/ereˈdita/

fem.other source · Latin HĒRĒDITĀTEM 'inheritance'

Portuguese

legado

/leˈgadu/

masc.learned

Herança 'inheritance' is just as common for a figurative legacy.

Romanian

moștenire

/moʃteˈnire/

fem.other source · moșteni 'to inherit', from moș 'old man, forebear', of uncertain, probably pre-Roman origin

Catalan

llegat

/ʎəˈgat/

masc.inherited

The palatal ll- that Catalan gives every inherited initial L (LĒGEM → llei) marks it as a popular word.

English

legacy

/ˈlɛgəsi/

from Latin/French · Old French legacie, Medieval Latin LĒGĀTIA

English → ItalianlegacyereditàNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: legate, delegate; heritage, heir (fr, it).What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

LĒGĀTUM‘a bequest (LĒGĀRE 'to bequeath, appoint')’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

The story

Spanish legado, like English legacy, comes from LĒGĀRE 'to bequeath'; French and Italian speak of 'inheritance', from HĒRĒS 'heir'.

English relatives: legate, delegate; heritage, heir (fr, it)

Learn it

Practice the Ideas deckQuiz a friend on it

In a sentence

  • esSu legado sigue vivo.
  • frSon héritage est toujours vivant.
  • itLa sua eredità è ancora viva.
  • ptO legado dela continua vivo.
  • roMoștenirea ei trăiește și azi.
  • caEl seu llegat continua viu.
  • enHer legacy lives on.

More in Ideas

All Ideas words