legacy
• noun (pl. legacies) 1 an amount of money or property left to someone in a will. 2 something handed down by a predecessor. • adjective (of computer hardware or software) that has been superseded but is difficult to replace because of its wide use. — ORIGIN originally also denoting the function or office of a legate: from Old French legacie, from Latin legatus ‘person delegated’.
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