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Where does “submutatus” come from?

submutatus (Latin) comes from Latin submuto, from Latin muto, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

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Ancestry of “submutatus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinsubmutoI change, exchange, interchange or substitute one...
2LatinmutoI move, remove; I alter, change, modify,...
3Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
4Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
5Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
6Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
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