Where does “loyauté” come from?
loyauté (French) comes from Middle French loyaulte, 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...
loyauté (French): loyalty
Definitions
- loyalty
Ancestry of “loyauté”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | loyaulte | — |
| 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 | 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... |