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Where does “leial” come from?

leial (Old French) comes from Latin lēgālis, from Latin lēx, from Proto-Italic lēg-, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-s, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

leial (Old French): Alternative form of loial

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of loial

Ancestry of “leial”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlēgālis—
2Latinlēx—
3Proto-Italiclēg-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “leial”

  • loyalty
  • loyal
  • disloyalty
  • loyally
  • loyalist
  • Loyalist
  • leal
  • loyalism
  • leally
  • unloyal
  • nonloyal
  • lealty
  • unleal
  • ultraloyalist
  • loyalize
  • loyalness
  • unloyalty
  • unloyally
  • superloyalist
  • loial
  • loyalization
  • lealismo
  • lealmente
  • disleale
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