Where does “leazing” come from?
leazing (English) comes from English leaze, 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;...
leazing (English): present participle of leaze
Definitions
- present participle of leaze
Ancestry of “leazing”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | leaze | Alternative form of lease |
| 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;... |
Words derived from “leazing”