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Where does “lojaalisuus” come from?

lojaalisuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish lojaalinen, from Finnish lojaali, from Swedish lojal, from French loyal, from Old French loial, from Old French leial, from Latin lēgālis, from Latin lēx — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

lojaalisuus (Finnish): loyalty, fidelity

Definitions

  1. loyalty, fidelity

Ancestry of “lojaalisuus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlojaalinenloyal
2Finnishlojaaliloyal
3Swedishlojal—
4Frenchloyalloyal
5Old Frenchloialloyal
6Old FrenchleialAlternative form of loial
7Latinlēgālis—
8Latinlēx—
9Proto-Italiclēg-—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “lojaalisuus”

  • epälojaalisuus
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