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Where does “substratum” come from?

Substratum comes from New Latin substratum, from Latin substratus, the past participle of substerno meaning to spread underneath, from sub- and sterno meaning to spread or strew.

substratum (English): A layer that lies underneath another; The...

Definitions

  1. A layer that lies underneath another; The...

Ancestry of “substratum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1New Latinsubstratum—
2Latinsubstratus—
3LatinsubsternoI strew, scatter, spread out or under; I bestrew,...
4Latinsternō—
5Proto-Italicstornō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanstr̥-n-h₃-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeansterh₃-to spread, extend, stretch out
8Proto-Indo-Europeanster-sterile, infertile

Words derived from “substratum”

  • substrate
  • cosubstrate
  • substratal
  • pseudosubstrate
  • bisubstrate
  • substratist
  • multisubstrate
  • nonsubstrate
  • substrated
  • heterosubstrate
  • substratism
  • substratomaniac
  • substratophile
  • substratophilia
  • substratophobia
  • substratophobe
  • substráit
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