Where does “substitution” come from?
Substitution derives from Middle French substitution, from Latin substitutio, a noun formed with the Latin suffix -tio from the Proto-Indo-European root -ti- and -tis.
substitution (English): The act of substituting or the state of being...
Definitions
- The act of substituting or the state of being...
Ancestry of “substitution”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | substitution | — |
| 2 | Latin | substitutio | substitution |
| 3 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 4 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 5 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 6 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 8 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 9 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
Words derived from “substitution”
- substitutional
- substitutionary
- resubstitution
- substitutionally
- disubstitution
- monosubstitution
- intersubstitution
- cryosubstitution
- photosubstitution
- orthosubstitution
- parasubstitution
- bustitution
- metasubstitution
- cosubstitution
- antisubstitution
- multisubstitution
- nonsubstitution
- oversubstitution
- prosubstitution
- tetrasubstitution
- trisubstitution