Where does “subtenure” come from?
subtenure (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.
subtenure (English): The right or status of a subtenant; a sublease
Definitions
- The right or status of a subtenant; a sublease
Ancestry of “subtenure”, step by step
subtenure 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 tenure
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tenure | A status of possessing a thing or an office; an... |
| 2 | Middle English | tenure | Alternative form of tenour |
| 3 | Old French | tenure | tenure (right to hold land under the feudal system) |
| 4 | Latin | tenitura | — |
| 5 | Latin | tentus | stretched; stretched out; extended; distended;... |
| 6 | Latin | teneō | to hold, have; to grasp |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | tenēō | to hold |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ten- | to stretch, to extend |