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Where does “substituo” come from?

substituo (Latin) comes from Latin statuo, from Latin stātus, from Latin stō, from Proto-Italic staēō, from Proto-Indo-European sth₂éh₁yeti, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

substituo (Latin): I place next to, under, or instead of; I...

Definitions

  1. I place next to, under, or instead of; I...

Ancestry of “substituo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinstatuoI set up, station; I establish, determine, fix; I...
2Latinstātus—
3Latinstō—
4Proto-Italicstaēōstand
5Proto-Indo-Europeansth₂éh₁yeti—
6Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—

Words derived from “substituo”

  • substitute
  • substitution
  • substituting
  • substitutability
  • substitutable
  • substitutional
  • substitutionary
  • substitutive
  • substitutivity
  • nonsubstitutable
  • resubstitution
  • unsubstitutable
  • substitutionally
  • intersubstitutable
  • nonsubstitutability
  • disubstitution
  • intersubstitutability
  • monosubstitution
  • substitutor
  • substitutively
  • intersubstitution
  • cryosubstitution
  • substituteth
  • photosubstitution
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