succedaneum

noun

(medicine) something that can be used as a substitute (especially any medicine that may be taken in place of another)

Roots

subsuc- · Latin · in place of, next after cedereced- · Latin · to go, yield aneus-aneum · Latin · of the nature of

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The word succedaneum breaks down into 3 roots of Latin origin: suc-, from Latin sub (“in place of, next after”); ced, from Latin cedere (“to go, yield”); and -aneum, from Latin aneus (“of the nature of”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.