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Where does “sostituire” come from?

sostituire (Italian) 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-.

sostituire (Italian): to replace, substitute, stand in for, supersede,...

Definitions

  1. to replace, substitute, stand in for, supersede,...

Ancestry of “sostituire”, 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 “sostituire”

  • insostituibilità
  • insostituibilmente
  • insostituibile
  • sostituibile
  • disostituito
  • sostituibilità
  • bisostituito
  • sostituito
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- →