i need help on 4 words?

Question

what do these words come from?
chivalry-english or french
countenance-same question
loathsome-same question
sovereignty-also the same
and i mean where the words first made were from french or english languges

Answer 1

Actually all the words are of French origin. Sovereign - Souvrain = ruler. Chivalry - cheval(ier) = by horse (think Knights on horses) Countenance = same sp. in Fr. = face/looks (I look upon her beautiful countenance) sovereignity - related to the first word souvrainite = rule (as in country/king). Hope this helps. The British monarchs greatly admired the French language and most of them spoke fluent French. Many French words were imported into the English language.

Answer 2

All English

Answer 3

chivalry- ^ Etymology: English from 1292, loaned from Old French chevalerie "horsemanship," from chevaler "horseman" from Medieval Latin caballarius "horseman"; cavalry is from the Middle French form of the same word.

countenance c.1250, from Old French. "demeanor, bearing, conduct," from L. continentia "restraint," lit. "way one contains oneself," from continere (see contain). Meaning evolving M.E. from "appearance" to "facial expression betraying a state of mind," to "face" itself (1393). The verb "to favor, patronize" is from 1568, from notion of "to look upon with sanction or smiles."

loath from Old English. lað "hostile, repulsive," from P.Gmc. *laithaz (cf. O.Fris. leed, O.N. leiðr "hateful, hostile, loathed," M.Du. lelijc, Du. leelijk "ugly," O.H.G. leid "sorrowful, hateful, offensive, grievous," Ger. Leid "sorrow," Fr. laid "ugly," from Frank. *laid). Weakened meaning "averse, disinclined" is attested from c.1374. Loath to depart, a line from some long-forgotten song, is recorded since 1584 as a generic term expressive of any tune played at farewells, the sailing of a ship, etc.

sovereignty c.1340, "pre-eminence," from Anglo-French. sovereynete, from O.Fr. souverainete, from soverain (see sovereign). Meaning "authority, rule" is recorded from c.1374; sense of "existence as an independent state" is from 1715.

Answer 4

all english. words