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English word legacy comes from Latin lex, New Latin logarithmus, and later Proto-Italic *legō (Gather, collect.)
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lex (Latin)
(figurative) a bill which has become a law, a law. (figurative) a condition, stipulation. (figurative) a contract, agreement, covenant. (figurative) a precept, regulation, principle, rule, mode, manner. A proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill.
logarithmus (New Latin)
*leǵ- (Proto-Indo-European)
to collect, to speak, to leak
*legō (Proto-Italic)
Gather, collect.
legere (Latin)
legatia (Malayalam)
legacie (Old French)
legacy (English)
(legal) Money or property bequeathed to someone in a will.. (university and society admissions) The descendant of an alumnus.. Something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage. Left over from the past; no longer current.