Where does “lojalitet” come from?
lojalitet (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål lojal, from French loyal, from Old French loial, from Old French leial, from Latin lēgālis, from Latin lēx, from Proto-Italic lēg-, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-s — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
lojalitet (Norwegian Bokmål): loyalty
Ancestry of “lojalitet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | lojal | loyal |
| 2 | French | loyal | loyal |
| 3 | Old French | loial | loyal |
| 4 | Old French | leial | Alternative form of loial |
| 5 | Latin | lēgālis | — |
| 6 | Latin | lēx | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |