Substitution
/ˌsʌb.stɪˈtjuː.ʃən/noun
The act of replacing one person or thing with another.
Did you know?The word comes from Latin sub- (“under, in place of”) + statuere (“to set, place”), so its core idea is literally “to place under/instead of,” a perfect linguistic blueprint for replacement and stand-ins.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*steh₂-
“to stand, be placed”
Latin
Latin
substituere
“to put under, set in place of, substitute”
Latin
Latin
substitutio
“a replacing or setting in another's place”
14th Century
Middle English
substitucioun
“the act of putting one thing or person in place of another”
Modern English
English
substitution
“the act or process of replacing one thing with another”