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Where does “substitutif” come from?

substitutif (French) comes from French substitut, from Latin substitutus, from Latin substituo, from Latin statuo, from Latin stātus, from Latin stō, from Proto-Italic staēō, from Proto-Indo-European sth₂éh₁yeti.

substitutif (French): substitutive

Definitions

  1. substitutive

Ancestry of “substitutif”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsubstitutsubstitute, replacement
2Latinsubstitutussubstituted
3LatinsubstituoI place next to, under, or instead of; I...
4LatinstatuoI set up, station; I establish, determine, fix; I...
5Latinstātus—
6Latinstō—
7Proto-Italicstaēōstand
8Proto-Indo-Europeansth₂éh₁yeti—
9Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- →