- bequest (n.)
[bequest 词源字典]
- c. 1300, "act of bequeathing," from be- + *cwis, *cwiss "saying" (related to quoth; from Proto-Germanic *kwessiz; see bequeath), with excrescent -t. Meaning "that which is bequeathed" is recorded from late 15c. [bequest etymology, bequest origin, 英语词源]