Where does “transubstantiate” come from?
transubstantiate (Latin) comes from Latin transubstantio, from Latin substantia, from Latin substāns, from Latin substō, from Latin sub, from Proto-Italic supo, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.
transubstantiate (Latin): second-person plural present active imperative of...
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- second-person plural present active imperative of...
Ancestry of “transubstantiate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | transubstantio | I transubstantiate |
| 2 | Latin | substantia | substance, essence, material, contents; fortune,... |
| 3 | Latin | substāns | — |
| 4 | Latin | substō | to hold out, to stand firm |
| 5 | Latin | sub | under, beneath; behind; at the feet of |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | supo | under |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |