Where does “subunderlease” come from?

subunderlease (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.

subunderlease (English): A lease subunderlet by a subtenant to a subundertenant; a third-order lease

Definitions

  1. A lease subunderlet by a subtenant to a subundertenant; a third-order lease

Ancestry of “subunderlease”, step by step

subunderlease traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English sub

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsubA submarine; A submarine sandwich: a sandwich...
2EnglishsubstituteTo use in place of something else, with the same...
3Middle Englishsubstituten—
4Latinsubstitutussubstituted
5LatinsubstituoI place next to, under, or instead of; I...
6LatinstatuoI set up, station; I establish, determine, fix; I...
7Latinstātusfixed, set, having been set
8Latinstōto stand
9Proto-Italicstaēōstand
10Proto-Indo-Europeansth₂éh₁yetito stand
11Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—

via English underlease

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunderleaseA lease granted by a tenant or lessee; a...
2EnglishleaseTo gather; To pick, select, pick out; to pick up;...
3EnglishleashA strap, cord or rope with which to restrain an...
4Middle Englishleesshe—
5Middle Englishlees—
6Old Frenchlesse—
7Latinlaxasecond-person singular present active imperative...
8LatinlaxoI extend, expand; I open, make wide; I undo,...
9Latinlaxuswide, spacious, roomy; yielding; loose, slack,...
10Proto-Indo-European(s)lēg-to let go; weak, feeble; loose; dissolute, lewd;...

Words derived from “subunderlease”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sth₂éh₁yeti →Every word from Proto-Italic staēō →