different between alumnus vs legacy

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin alumnus (literally “foster child, nourished one”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??l?mn?s/

Noun

alumnus (plural alumni or alumnuses, feminine alumna)

1. A male pupil or student.
2. A male graduate.
3. A student of any gender.
4. A graduate of any gender.

Usage notes

Alumnus is used when the gender of the subject is unspecified.

Any alumnus may be invited to the reunion.

Hypernyms

• (of any gender): alum or alumn, alumni (often proscribed), alumnx

Related terms

• alumnae/alumnæ
• alum
• alma mater
• alimony
• alimentary

Translations

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin alumnus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?al?mn?s]
• Hyphenation: alum?nus

Noun

alumnus (first-person possessive alumnusku, second-person possessive alumnusmu, third-person possessive alumnusnya)

1. alumnus.

Alternative forms

• alumni

Further reading

• “alumnus” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Latin

Etymology

• From Proto-Italic *alomanos, from Proto-Indo-European *h?el-o-mh?no- (“being nourished”), mediopassive participle (see *-mh?nos) of *h?el- (“to nourish, grow”) (whence al?).
• Alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *h?el- (“to nourish, grow”) + *-mno- (see *-mn?).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a?lum.nus/, [ä????mn?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a?lum.nus/, [??lumnus]

Adjective

alumnus (feminine alumna, neuter alumnum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Nourished, fostered, etc.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Noun

alumnus m (genitive alumn?); second declension

1. Nursling, pupil
2. foster son.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Descendants

• English: alumnus
• Catalan: alumne
• Italian: alunno
• Portuguese: aluno
• Spanish: alumno

References

• alumnus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• alumnus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• alumnus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• alumnus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Etymology

From Middle English legacie, from Old French legacie and Medieval Latin l?g?tia, from Latin l?g?tum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l???si/
• (some US dialects) IPA^(key): /?le???si/

Noun

legacy (plural legacies)

1. (law) Money or property bequeathed to someone in a will.
2. Something inherited from a predecessor or the past.

   Synonym: heritage
3. (education) The descendant of an alumnus.

Translations

Adjective

legacy

1. Left over from the past; no longer current.

Translations