The story
- Old French · derived fromligeance
- Middle English · inherited fromlegiaunce
- English todayligeance
From Middle English legiaunce, from Old French ligeance, legeance, ligance; equivalent to liege + -ance; compare allegiance.
Words from the same roots
Old Frenchligeance all →
allegiance
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.