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Where does “lealdade” come from?

lealdade (Old Portuguese) comes from Medieval Latin legalitas, 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...

lealdade (Old Portuguese): loyalty

Definitions

  1. loyalty

Ancestry of “lealdade”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinlegalitas—
2Latinlēgālis—
3Latinlēx—
4Proto-Italiclēg-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “lealdade”

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