Where does “subsublessee” come from?
subsublessee (English) comes from English sublessee, from English sub, from English substitute, from Middle English substituten, from Latin substitutus, from Latin substituo, from Latin statuo, from Latin stātus.
Ancestry of “subsublessee”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sublessee | One to whom a property is subleased |
| 2 | English | sub | A submarine; A submarine sandwich: a sandwich... |
| 3 | English | substitute | To use in place of something else, with the same... |
| 4 | Middle English | substituten | — |
| 5 | Latin | substitutus | substituted |
| 6 | Latin | substituo | I place next to, under, or instead of; I... |
| 7 | Latin | statuo | I set up, station; I establish, determine, fix; I... |
| 8 | Latin | stātus | fixed, set, having been set |
| 9 | Latin | stō | to stand |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | staēō | stand |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | sth₂éh₁yeti | to stand |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | *steh₂- | — |