loyalty

The Century Dictionary: The Encyelopedic Lexicon of the English Language · 1887 · p. 875

(loi’al-ti), n. [ loialte, loyaute (also lealte, leaute, > HE. lealty), loyalty, E’. loyauté = Pr. leyaltat, letautat, lealtat = Sp. lealtad = Pg. lealdade = It. lealtd, ML. lozengia, > It. lozangia = Sp. losanje, a lozenge wise