Where does “substitutionary” come from?
Substitutionary derives from English substitution, from Latin -arius and Latin -alis, from Latin -tio meaning action or process, from Proto-Indo-European -ti- and -tis.
substitutionary (English): Of or relating to substitution or replacement
Definitions
- Of or relating to substitution or replacement
Ancestry of “substitutionary”, step by step
substitutionary traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English substitution
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | substitution | The act of substituting or the state of being... |
| 2 | Middle French | substitution | — |
| 3 | Latin | substitutio | substitution |
| 4 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 5 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 6 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 7 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |