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Where does “substitut” come from?

substitut (French) comes from Latin substitutus, 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-.

substitut (French): substitute, replacement

Definitions

  1. substitute, replacement

Ancestry of “substitut”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsubstitutussubstituted
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-—

Words derived from “substitut”

  • substitutif
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- →