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Where does “substantivé” come from?

substantivé (French) comes from French substantiver, from French substantif, from Latin substantīvus, from Latin substantia, from Latin substāns, from Latin substō, from Latin sub, from Proto-Italic supo.

substantivé (French): nominalized

Definitions

  1. nominalized

Ancestry of “substantivé”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsubstantiverto substantivise, nominalize
2Frenchsubstantifsubstantive
3Latinsubstantīvus—
4Latinsubstantiasubstance, essence, material, contents; fortune,...
5Latinsubstāns—
6Latinsubstō—
7Latinsubunder, beneath; behind; at the feet of
8Proto-Italicsupo—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp- →