Where does “lealty” come from?
lealty (English) comes from Old French lealté, from Old French loiauté, from Old French loiaus, from Old French loial, from Old French leial, from Latin lēgālis, from Latin lēx, from Proto-Italic lēg- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
lealty (English): loyalty, fealty
Ancestry of “lealty”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old French | lealté | Alternative form of loiauté |
| 2 | Old French | loiauté | loyalty |
| 3 | Old French | loiaus | inflection of loial:
## masculine oblique... |
| 4 | Old French | loial | loyal |
| 5 | Old French | leial | Alternative form of loial |
| 6 | Latin | lēgālis | — |
| 7 | Latin | lēx | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |