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Where does “substituent” come from?

substituent (French) comes from French substituer, from Latin substituo, from Latin statuo, from Latin stātus, from Latin stō, from Proto-Italic staēō, from Proto-Indo-European sth₂éh₁yeti, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

substituent (French): third-person plural present indicative of...

Definitions

  1. third-person plural present indicative of...

Ancestry of “substituent”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsubstituerto substitute
2LatinsubstituoI place next to, under, or instead of; I...
3LatinstatuoI set up, station; I establish, determine, fix; I...
4Latinstātus—
5Latinstō—
6Proto-Italicstaēōstand
7Proto-Indo-Europeansth₂éh₁yeti—
8Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- →