Where does “sublease” come from?
sublease (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;...
sublease (English): A lease on something made by someone who already...
Definitions
- A lease on something made by someone who already...
Ancestry of “sublease”, step by step
| 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;... |