Etymograph

English

loyalness

From loyal + -ness.

Formed from loyal + -ness

Proto-Italic *lēks ‘law’

Latin lex ‘the legal machinery of a state, the law’

Latin lēgālis ‘legal’

Old French loial

Middle French loyal

English loyal

Today it means

noun Loyalty; quality of being loyal.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / loyalness