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Where does “loiauté” come from?

loiauté (Old French) comes from Old French loiaus, from Old French loial, from Old French leial, 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...

loiauté (Old French): loyalty

Definitions

  1. loyalty

Ancestry of “loiauté”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchloiausinflection of loial: ## masculine oblique...
2Old Frenchloialloyal
3Old FrenchleialAlternative form of loial
4Latinlēgālis—
5Latinlēx—
6Proto-Italiclēg-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “loiauté”

  • loyalty
  • disloyalty
  • lealty
  • unloyalty
  • déloyauté
  • loyauté
  • Loyalität
  • loialte
  • lealté
  • desloiauté
  • loyauté
  • loyaulte
  • desloyauté
  • lealty
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