Where does “leasing” come from?
Leasing derives from English lease, from Old French lesser, from Latin laxo meaning "to loosen," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots meaning "to let go" or "to release."
leasing (English): A lie; the act of lying, falsehood; present...
Definitions
- A lie; the act of lying, falsehood; present...
Ancestry of “leasing”, step by step
leasing traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English lease
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | lease | To gather; To pick, select, pick out; to pick up;... |
| 2 | English | leash | A strap, cord or rope with which to restrain an... |
| 3 | Middle English | leesshe | — |
| 4 | Middle English | lees | — |
| 5 | Old French | lesse | — |
| 6 | Latin | laxa | second-person singular present active imperative... |
| 7 | Latin | laxo | I extend, expand; I open, make wide; I undo,... |
| 8 | Latin | laxus | wide, spacious, roomy; yielding; loose, slack,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)lēg- | to let go; weak, feeble; loose; dissolute, lewd;... |