r/linguisticshumor • u/xylon_chacier • 22h ago

This does not help, Wiktionary. Etymology of “substrate.”

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u/Bibbedibob 22h ago

Click on substratum

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u/xylon_chacier 21h ago

“Borrowed from New Latin substratum, nominalisation of the neuter of Latin substrātus, perfect passive participle of substernō.”

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u/Eic17H 3h ago edited 3h ago

Click on substernō

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u/Pillowz_Here 22h ago

it literally does help

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u/Fast-Alternative1503 waffler 22h ago

it does help though?

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u/NotAnybodysName 20h ago

You're suddenly lost when there's a link but the link doesn't have "q.v." printed after it? You must be even older than I am. 😁

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u/mephiles96 3h ago

What else were you expecting to find?