Etymograph

English

headlease

From head + lease.

Formed from head + lease

Proto-Indo-European *kap- ‘head’

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Proto-Germanic *haubudą ‘head’

Proto-West Germanic *haubud

Old English hēafod ‘head’

Middle English heed ‘head’

English head

Latin laxō ‘to loose’

Anglo-Norman *leser

Middle English *lesen

English lease

Today it means

noun A lease to a landlord or lessor; commonly from the perspective of a sublease to that lease.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / headlease