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

Definitions

  1. loyalty

Ancestry of “lojalitet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmållojalloyal
2Frenchloyalloyal, faithful
3Old Frenchloialloyal
4Old FrenchleialAlternative form of loial
5Latinlēgālislegal
6Latinlēxa proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill
7Proto-Italiclēg-
8Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s
9Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-sEvery word from Proto-Italic lēg-