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Where does “sustituto” come from?

sustituto (Spanish) comes from Latin substitutum, 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-.

sustituto (Spanish): substitute

Definitions

  1. substitute

Ancestry of “sustituto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsubstitutumnominative neuter singular of substitūtus;...
2LatinsubstituoI place next to, under, or instead of; I...
3LatinstatuoI set up, station; I establish, determine, fix; I...
4Latinstātus—
5Latinstō—
6Proto-Italicstaēōstand
7Proto-Indo-Europeansth₂éh₁yeti—
8Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- →