Where does “sublet” come from?
Sublet comes from English sub- combined with let, ultimately tracing through Latin sub, Proto-Italic supo, and Proto-Indo-European upo and leh₁d-.
sublet (English): To lease or rent all or part of a leased property...
Definitions
- To lease or rent all or part of a leased property...
Ancestry of “sublet”, step by step
sublet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English let
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | let | To allow to, not to prevent; To leave; To allow... |
| 2 | Middle English | leten | to let |
| 3 | Old English | lǣtan | to let; leave; to let go, leave; to allow, let... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | lātan | to let, to allow; to leave alone |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | lētaną | to let, to allow; to leave alone |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | leh₁d- | to be tired |
via Dalmatian sublar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dalmatian | sublar | to whistle |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | subilare | — |
| 3 | Latin | sībilō | to hiss |
| 4 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |