Meaning and Origin
What does the name Loyalty mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
Origin and Meaning of Loyalty
User Submitted Origins
African
52%
English
30%
Swahili
9%
Indian (Sanskrit)
4%
Irish
4%
International Interest
Also see international interest
Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
noun Loy"al*ty
The state or quality of being loyal; fidelity to a superior, or to duty, love, etc.
Note: ☞ “ Loyalty . . . expresses, properly, that fidelity which one owes according to law, and does not necessarily include that attachment to the royal person, which, happily, we in England have been able further to throw into the word.”
Etymology: Cf. F. loyauté. See Loyal, and cf. Legality
Other Dictionary Sources
- The act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action ("they felt no loyalty to a losing team")
- The quality of being loyal
- Feelings of allegiance
Wiktionary
From Middle English *loialte, borrowed from Old French loialte, loiauté (Modern loyauté) from loial + -té
- The state of being loyal; fidelity.
- Faithfulness or devotion to some person, cause or nation.