Where does “subsublease” come from?
subsublease (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.
Ancestry of “subsublease”, step by step
subsublease 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 sublease
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sublease | A lease on something made by someone who already... |
| 2 | English | lease | To gather; To pick, select, pick out; to pick up;... |
| 3 | English | leash | A strap, cord or rope with which to restrain an... |
| 4 | Middle English | leesshe | — |
| 5 | Middle English | lees | — |
| 6 | Old French | lesse | — |
| 7 | Latin | laxa | second-person singular present active imperative... |
| 8 | Latin | laxo | I extend, expand; I open, make wide; I undo,... |
| 9 | Latin | laxus | wide, spacious, roomy; yielding; loose, slack,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)lēg- | to let go; weak, feeble; loose; dissolute, lewd;... |