{"era":"current","word":"allegiance","meaning":"loyalty or commitment","children":[{"era":"1200s-1400s","word":"Middle English alegiaunce","meaning":"loyalty of a liege-servant to a lord","children":[{"era":"1200s","word":"Anglo-Norman alegaunce","meaning":"loyalty of a liege-servant to a lord","children":[{"era":"1200s","word":"Old French ligeance","meaning":"liege loyalty","children":[{"era":"1200s","word":"lige","meaning":"liege; vassal; loyal subject","children":[],"language":"Old French"}],"language":"Old French"}],"language":"Anglo-Norman"}],"language":"Middle English"}],"language":"Modern English"}