Etymology

disubstituted

D2I1S1U1B3S1T1I1T1U1T1E1D2

Today it means: Having two substituents. Full definition →

English substituted ← Latin di- ← Ancient Greek δῐ- (dĭ-)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*dwi-
  4. Ancient Greekδῐ- (dĭ-)
  5. Latindi-
  6. Englishdi-
  7. Englishsubstituted
  8. English todaydisubstituted

From di- + substituted.

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