English
intersubstitution
From inter- + substitution.
Formed from inter- + substitution
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’
Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’
Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’
Latin inter ‘between’
English inter-
Proto-Italic *statuō ‘to erect, set up’
Latin statuō ‘to put up’
Latin substituō ‘to substitute, put instead or in the place of…’
Late Latin substitutio
Middle French substitution
English substitution
Today it means
noun The act of intersubstituting.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / intersubstitution