Where does “substantif” come from?
substantif (French) comes from Latin substantīvus, from Latin substantia, from Latin substāns, from Latin substō, from Latin sub, from Proto-Italic supo, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.
substantif (French): substantive
Ancestry of “substantif”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | substantīvus | — |
| 2 | Latin | substantia | substance, essence, material, contents; fortune,... |
| 3 | Latin | substāns | — |
| 4 | Latin | substō | — |
| 5 | Latin | sub | under, beneath; behind; at the feet of |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | supo | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |
Words derived from “substantif”