Where does “sub-subunderlease” come from?

sub-subunderlease (English) comes from English subunderlease, from English sub, from English substitute, from Middle English substituten, from Latin substitutus, from Latin substituo, from Latin statuo, from Latin stātus.

sub-subunderlease (English): A lease sub-subunderlet by a subundertenant to a sub-subundertenant

Definitions

  1. A lease sub-subunderlet by a subundertenant to a sub-subundertenant

Ancestry of “sub-subunderlease”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsubunderleaseA lease subunderlet by a subtenant to a subundertenant; a third-order lease
2EnglishsubA submarine; A submarine sandwich: a sandwich...
3EnglishsubstituteTo use in place of something else, with the same...
4Middle Englishsubstituten
5Latinsubstitutussubstituted
6LatinsubstituoI place next to, under, or instead of; I...
7LatinstatuoI set up, station; I establish, determine, fix; I...
8Latinstātusfixed, set, having been set
9Latinstōto stand
10Proto-Italicstaēōstand
11Proto-Indo-Europeansth₂éh₁yetito stand
12Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-
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