Kilo Lingo

/ˈlɔɪəlti/

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Translation

The quality of always supporting your friends, family, or group, even in hard times.

Word origin

From Old French loialte, from Latin legalis, meaning faithful to the law, from lex, law.

Origin
Latin
Root
lex
English cognates
loyal, legal

Grammar

Gender
Pluralloyalties

Examples

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Loyalty is the noun; loyal is the adjective.

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You show "loyalty to" a person or a group.

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Staying with someone through good and bad times is loyalty.

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This word is part of lesson 54.