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Where does “pseudosubstrate” come from?

pseudosubstrate (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.

pseudosubstrate (English): Any substance that mimics the substrate of an...

Definitions

  1. Any substance that mimics the substrate of an...

Ancestry of “pseudosubstrate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsubstrateWhat an enzyme acts upon; A surface on which an...
2EnglishsubstratumA layer that lies underneath another; The...
3New Latinsubstratum—
4Latinsubstratus—
5LatinsubsternoI strew, scatter, spread out or under; I bestrew,...
6Latinsternō—
7Proto-Italicstornō—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanstr̥-n-h₃-—
9Proto-Indo-Europeansterh₃-to spread, extend, stretch out
10Proto-Indo-Europeanster-sterile, infertile
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