English
ligeance
Ligeance comes from Old French ligeance.
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400ligeance
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500legiaunce‘Allegiance, loyalty’
- Englishtodayligeance
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400ligeance
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500legiaunce‘Allegiance, loyalty’
- Englishtodayligeance
Formed from liege + -ance
Middle High German ledic
Old French liege ‘liege, free’
Anglo-Norman lige
Middle English liege
English liege
Linked words
through Old French ligeance
Today it means
noun An allegiance.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old French ligeance / ligeance