Where does “unloyalty” come from?
unloyalty (English) comes from English loyalty, from Middle English loialte, from Old French loialte, 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...
unloyalty (English): The quality of being unloyal; disloyalty
Definitions
- The quality of being unloyal; disloyalty
Ancestry of “unloyalty”, step by step
unloyalty traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English loyalty
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | loyalty | The state of being loyal; fidelity; Faithfulness... |
| 2 | Middle English | loialte | — |
| 3 | Old French | loialte | — |
| 4 | Old French | loial | loyal |
| 5 | Old French | leial | Alternative form of loial |
| 6 | Latin | lēgālis | legal |
| 7 | Latin | lēx | a proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |