Where does “nonleasable” come from?
nonleasable (English) comes from English leasable, 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;...
nonleasable (English): Not leasable
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- Not leasable
Ancestry of “nonleasable”, step by step
nonleasable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English leasable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | leasable | Able to be leased |
| 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;... |