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Where does “substituer” come from?

substituer (French) comes 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-.

substituer (French): to substitute

Definitions

  1. to substitute

Ancestry of “substituer”, step by step

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

Words derived from “substituer”

  • substituable
  • substituent
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