Where does “nonsubstitutability” come from?
nonsubstitutability (English) comes from English substitutability, from English substitute, from Middle English substituten, from Latin substitutus, from Latin substituo, from Latin statuo, from Latin stātus, from Latin stō.
nonsubstitutability (English): The quality of not being substitutable
Definitions
- The quality of not being substitutable
Ancestry of “nonsubstitutability”, step by step
nonsubstitutability traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English substitutability
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | substitutability | The quality of being substitutable; the capacity... |
| 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- | — |