Where does “submortgage” come from?
submortgage (English) comes from English sub, from English substitute, from Middle English substituten, from Latin substitutus, from Latin substituo, from Latin statuo, from Latin stātus, from Latin stō.
submortgage (English): A secured loan whereby a mortgagee uses his interest in a mortgage as collateral on a loan with a third party, in effect transferring or assigning the mortgage thereto
Definitions
- A secured loan whereby a mortgagee uses his interest in a mortgage as collateral on a loan with a third party, in effect transferring or assigning the mortgage thereto
Ancestry of “submortgage”, step by step
submortgage traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English sub
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sub | A submarine; A submarine sandwich: a sandwich... |
| 2 | English | substitute | To use in place of something else, with the same... |
| 3 | Middle English | substituten | — |
| 4 | Latin | substitutus | substituted |
| 5 | Latin | substituo | I place next to, under, or instead of; I... |
| 6 | Latin | statuo | I set up, station; I establish, determine, fix; I... |
| 7 | Latin | stātus | fixed, set, having been set |
| 8 | Latin | stō | to stand |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | staēō | stand |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sth₂éh₁yeti | to stand |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | *steh₂- | — |
via English mortgage
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | mortgage | A special form of secured loan where the purpose... |
| 2 | Middle French | mortgage | — |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | morgage | mortgage |
| 4 | Old French | mort | past participle of morir; dead; death |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | mortus | — |
| 6 | Latin | mortuus | dead, having died; decayed, withered; faint,... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | mortwos | dead |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | mr̥twós | dead |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | mer- | to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland |