Etymology

substant

sub·stant
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Today it means: Something that subsists. Full definition →

Latin substō
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  1. Latin · learned borrowing fromsubstō
  2. Latin · learned borrowing fromsubstō
  3. English todaysubstant

Learned borrowing from Latin substantis. First attested in 1597.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.