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Where does “leaseable” come from?

leaseable (English) comes from English lease, from English leash, from Middle English leesshe, from Middle English lees, from Old French lesse, from Latin laxa, from Latin laxo, from Latin laxus — to let go; weak, feeble; loose; dissolute, lewd;...

leaseable (English): Able to be or worthy of realistically being...

Definitions

  1. Able to be or worthy of realistically being...

Ancestry of “leaseable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishleaseTo gather; To pick, select, pick out; to pick up;...
2EnglishleashA strap, cord or rope with which to restrain an...
3Middle Englishleesshe—
4Middle Englishlees—
5Old Frenchlesse—
6Latinlaxasecond-person singular present active imperative...
7LatinlaxoI extend, expand; I open, make wide; I undo,...
8Latinlaxuswide, spacious, roomy; yielding; loose, slack,...
9Proto-Indo-European(s)lēg-to let go; weak, feeble; loose; dissolute, lewd;...
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