Etymology

unsubstituted

U1N1S1U1B3S1T1I1T1U1T1E1D2

Today it means: Not substituted Full definition →

English substituted ← Middle English un- ← Old English un-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishsubstituted
  9. English todayunsubstituted

From un- + substituted.

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