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From Middle English ligeaunce ( see medieval Latin ligeantia, " a liegance ").

The al-prefix was probably added through confusion with another legal term, allegeance, an " allegation " ( the French allegeance comes from the English ).

Allegiance is formed from " liege ," from Old French liege, " liege, free ", of Germanic origin.

The connection with Latin ligare, " to bind ," is erroneous.