bequeath
English
/bɪˈkwiːθ/
verb
Definitions
- (legal) To give or leave by will; to give by testament.
- To hand down; to transmit.
- To give; to offer; to commit.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English bequethen (bequeath) inherited from Old English becweþan (say, bequeath, exhort, address, leave by will, admonish, speak to, blame) prefix from English quethe.
Origin
English
quethe
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bequeathable English
- bequeathal English
- bequeather English
- bequeathest English
- bequeatheth English
- bequeathment English
- quethe English
- becweþan Old English
- cweþan Old English
- bequethen Middle English
- quethen Middle English