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# The BFD Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-bfd-word-of-the-day-556/
- Published: 2021-08-07T18:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-06-20T19:00:19.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 01:54

The word for today is…

fealty (noun) –

1a : the fidelity of a vassal or feudal tenant to his lord  
b : the obligation of such fidelity  
2 : intense fidelity

Source : [Merriam -Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fealty?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : In The Use of Law, published posthumously in 1629, Francis Bacon wrote, “Fealty is to take an oath upon a book, that he will be a faithful Tenant to the King.” That’s a pretty accurate summary of the early meaning of fealty. Early forms of the term were used in Middle English around 1300, when they specifically designated the loyalty of a vassal to a lord. Eventually, the meaning of the word broadened. Fealty can be paid to a country, a principle, or a leader of any kind—though the synonyms fidelity and loyalty are more commonly used. Fealty comes from the Anglo-French word feelté, or fealté, which comes from the Latin fidelitas, meaning “fidelity.” These words are ultimately derived from fides, the Latin word for “faith.”

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