Where does “heterosubstrate” come from?
heterosubstrate (English) comes from English substrate, from English substratum, from New Latin substratum, from Latin substratus, from Latin substerno, from Latin sternō, from Proto-Italic stornō, from Proto-Indo-European str̥-n-h₃- — sterile, infertile.
heterosubstrate (English): A heterogeneous substrate
Definitions
- A heterogeneous substrate
Ancestry of “heterosubstrate”, step by step
heterosubstrate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English substrate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | substrate | What an enzyme acts upon; A surface on which an... |
| 2 | English | substratum | A layer that lies underneath another; The... |
| 3 | New Latin | substratum | — |
| 4 | Latin | substratus | — |
| 5 | Latin | substerno | I strew, scatter, spread out or under; I bestrew,... |
| 6 | Latin | sternō | to spread, stretch out, spread out |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | stornō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | str̥-n-h₃- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sterh₃- | to spread, extend, stretch out |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ster- | sterile, infertile |
via English hetero
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hetero | Heterosexual: of, pertaining to, or being a... |
| 2 | English | heterosexual | Sexually attracted to members of the opposite... |
| 3 | English | -sexual | Forms a noun or adjective describing a state or... |
| 4 | English | sexual | Arising from the fact of being male or female;... |
| 5 | Latin | sexuālis | sexual |
| 6 | Latin | sexus | division; sex; gender |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | seksus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | séksus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |