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Where does “substitutee” come from?

substitutee (English) comes from English substitute, from Middle English substituten, from Latin substitutus, from Latin substituo, from Latin statuo, from Latin stātus, from Latin stō, from Proto-Italic staēō.

substitutee (English): One who or that which is substituted

Definitions

  1. One who or that which is substituted

Ancestry of “substitutee”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsubstituteTo use in place of something else, with the same...
2Middle Englishsubstituten—
3Latinsubstitutussubstituted
4LatinsubstituoI place next to, under, or instead of; I...
5LatinstatuoI set up, station; I establish, determine, fix; I...
6Latinstātus—
7Latinstō—
8Proto-Italicstaēōstand
9Proto-Indo-Europeansth₂éh₁yeti—
10Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- →