English
knightlihood
From knightly + -hood.
Formed from knightly + -hood
Proto-West Germanic *kneht ‘servant, knight’
Old English cniht ‘boy’
Middle English knyght ‘a knight’
Middle English knyghtly ‘chivalrous, knightly, noble’
English knightly
Today it means
noun Quality of being knightly.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / knightlihood