The story
- Old French · derived fromligeance
- Anglo-Norman · derived fromalegaunce“loyalty of a liege-servant to one's lord”
- Middle English · inherited fromalegiaunce
- English todayallegiance
From Middle English alegiaunce, from Anglo-Norman alegaunce (“loyalty of a liege-servant to one's lord”), variant of Old French ligeance, from lige (“vassal, liegeman”). More at liege.
Words from the same roots
Old Frenchligeance all →
ligeance
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.