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Where does “insostituibile” come from?

insostituibile (Italian) comes from Italian sostituibile, from Italian sostituire, from Latin substituo, from Latin statuo, from Latin stātus, from Latin stō, from Proto-Italic staēō, from Proto-Indo-European sth₂éh₁yeti.

insostituibile (Italian): irreplaceable

Definitions

  1. irreplaceable

Ancestry of “insostituibile”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiansostituibilesubstitutable; replaceable
2Italiansostituireto replace, substitute, stand in for, supersede,...
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-—

Words derived from “insostituibile”

  • insostituibilità
  • insostituibilmente
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- →