Where does “prelease” come from?
prelease (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;...
prelease (English): To arrange a lease for in advance; A lease...
Definitions
- To arrange a lease for in advance; A lease...
Ancestry of “prelease”, step by step
prelease 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;... |
via English pre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pre | Before; Precum, Cowper's fluid, pre-ejaculate; To... |
| 2 | Latin | prae | before; in front; in front of |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | prai | before; in front of |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | preh₂- | before, in front |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |