Where does “substratism” come from?
substratism (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.
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Ancestry of “substratism”, step by step
substratism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English substrate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | substrate | What an enzyme acts upon; A surface on which an... |
| 2 | English | substratum | A layer that lies underneath another; The... |
| 3 | New Latin | substratum | — |
| 4 | Latin | substratus | — |
| 5 | Latin | substerno | I strew, scatter, spread out or under; I bestrew,... |
| 6 | Latin | sternō | to spread, stretch out, spread out |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | stornō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | str̥-n-h₃- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sterh₃- | to spread, extend, stretch out |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ster- | sterile, infertile |
via English ism
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ism | An ideology, system of thought, or practice that... |
| 2 | English | -ism | Used to form nouns of action or process or result... |
| 3 | Latin | -ismus | -ism |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ισμός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -μός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -mós | Creates action/result nouns from verb stems |