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Where does “sublicense” come from?

sublicense (English) comes from English sub-, from Latin sub-, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.

sublicense (English): a license granted by a licensee to a third party,...

Definitions

  1. a license granted by a licensee to a third party,...

Ancestry of “sublicense”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishsub-under, beneath; subsidiary, secondary; almost,...
2Latinsub-sub-
3Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—

Words derived from “sublicense”

  • sublicensable
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