Where does “substrate” come from?
Substrate derives from New Latin substratum, from Latin substratus meaning spread or laid under, formed from substerno meaning to spread beneath, combining sub meaning under with the root ster- meaning to spread.
substrate (English): What an enzyme acts upon; A surface on which an...
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- What an enzyme acts upon; A surface on which an...
Ancestry of “substrate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | substratum | A layer that lies underneath another; The... |
| 2 | New Latin | substratum | — |
| 3 | Latin | substratus | — |
| 4 | Latin | substerno | I strew, scatter, spread out or under; I bestrew,... |
| 5 | Latin | sternō | to spread, stretch out, spread out |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | stornō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | str̥-n-h₃- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sterh₃- | to spread, extend, stretch out |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ster- | sterile, infertile |