English
intersubstitute
From inter- + substitute.
Formed from inter- + substitute
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’
Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’
Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’
Latin inter ‘between’
English inter-
Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂tus ~ *sth₂téws ‘to stand (up)’
…
Latin status ‘position’
Latin statuō ‘to put up’
Latin substitutus ‘substituted’
Middle English substituten
English substitute
Today it means
verb To exchange, substituting each for the other.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / intersubstitute