substitutions

noun

the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another: "he sent Smith in for Jones but the substitution came too late to help"

an event in which one thing is substituted for another

Roots

subsub- · Latin · under, below statuo-stit · Latin · set up

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Where does substitutions come from?

The word substitutions breaks down into 2 roots of Latin origin: sub-, from Latin sub (“under, below”); and -stit, from Latin statuo (“set up”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.