knightly
English
/ˈnaɪtli/
adj
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to a knight or knights.
- Befitting a knight; formally courteous (as a knight); chivalrous, gallant and courtly.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English knightly inherited from Old English cnihtlīċ (boyish) suffix from English knight.
Origin
English
knight
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- beknight English
- knight English
- knightable English
- knightage English
- knightdom English
- knightess English
- knighteth English
- knighthead English
- knighthood English
- knightless English
- knightlet English
- knightlihood English
- knightlike English
- knightliness English
- knightling English
- knightress English
- knightship English
- merknight English
- unknight English
- unknightliness English
- unknightly English
- cnihtlīċ Old English
- knight Middle English
- knightly Middle English