Where does “fleecehold” come from?
fleecehold (English) comes from English leasehold, from English lease, from English leash, from Middle English leesshe, from Middle English lees, from Old French lesse, from Latin laxa, from Latin laxo — to let go; weak, feeble; loose; dissolute, lewd;...
fleecehold (English): The charging of exorbitant maintenance fees to people living on private estates
Definitions
- The charging of exorbitant maintenance fees to people living on private estates
Ancestry of “fleecehold”, step by step
fleecehold traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English leasehold
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | leasehold | The tenure of property held by a lessee under a... |
| 2 | English | lease | To gather; To pick, select, pick out; to pick up;... |
| 3 | English | leash | A strap, cord or rope with which to restrain an... |
| 4 | Middle English | leesshe | — |
| 5 | Middle English | lees | — |
| 6 | Old French | lesse | — |
| 7 | Latin | laxa | second-person singular present active imperative... |
| 8 | Latin | laxo | I extend, expand; I open, make wide; I undo,... |
| 9 | Latin | laxus | wide, spacious, roomy; yielding; loose, slack,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)lēg- | to let go; weak, feeble; loose; dissolute, lewd;... |
via English fleece
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fleece | Hair or wool of a sheep or similar animal;... |
| 2 | Middle English | fles | A sheepskin or fleece; the skin of a sheep |
| 3 | Old English | flēos | fleece |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | fleus | fleece |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | fleusaz | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | plews- | to pluck, a feather, fleece; to pull out, pluck |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | plúsis | flea |