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Where does “nonsubstitutable” come from?

nonsubstitutable (English) comes from English substitutable, from English substitute, from Middle English substituten, from Latin substitutus, from Latin substituo, from Latin statuo, from Latin stātus, from Latin stō.

nonsubstitutable (English): Not substitutable

Definitions

  1. Not substitutable

Ancestry of “nonsubstitutable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsubstitutableCapable of being used as a substitute; valid as a...
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...
7Latinstātus—
8Latinstō—
9Proto-Italicstaēōstand
10Proto-Indo-Europeansth₂éh₁yeti—
11Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- →