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Where does “feaulté” come from?

feaulté (Middle French) comes from Old French fealté, from Latin fidēlitās, from Latin fidēlis, from Latin fidēs, from Proto-Italic feiðos, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeydʰos, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeydʰ- — to compel, force; to trust.

feaulté (Middle French): fealty

Definitions

  1. fealty

Ancestry of “feaulté”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchfealtéAlternative form of feelté
2Latinfidēlitās—
3Latinfidēlis—
4Latinfidēs—
5Proto-Italicfeiðosfaithful, reliable
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeydʰos—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeydʰ-to compel, force; to trust
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