Topic summary
Bequest

Extracted from the Wikipedia article Devise and bequeath.
Etymology
Bequest comes from Old Englishbecwethan, "to declare or express in words"—cf. "quoth".
Topic summary

Extracted from the Wikipedia article Devise and bequeath.
Bequest comes from Old Englishbecwethan, "to declare or express in words"—cf. "quoth".