Etymology

replacement

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Today it means: A person or thing that takes the place of another; a substitute. Full definition →

English replace ← Middle English re- ← Old French re-
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishplace
  7. Englishreplace
  8. English todayreplacement

From replace + -ment.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.