Where does “nonsubstrate” come from?
nonsubstrate (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.
nonsubstrate (English): Not of or pertaining to a substrate
Definitions
- Not of or pertaining to a substrate
Ancestry of “nonsubstrate”, step by step
nonsubstrate 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 |