Where does “unsubstantiate” come from?

unsubstantiate (English) comes from English substantiate, from Medieval Latin substantiatus, from Latin substantiare.

unsubstantiate (English): To prove false; to disprove or discredit

Definitions

  1. To prove false; to disprove or discredit

Ancestry of “unsubstantiate”, step by step

unsubstantiate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English substantiate

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsubstantiateTo verify something by supplying evidence; to...
2Medieval Latinsubstantiatusgiven substance
3Latinsubstantiare—

via English un

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunOne

Words derived from “unsubstantiate”

Every word from Latin substantiare →