substratum
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from New Latin substratum, nominalisation of the neuter of Latin substrātus, perfect passive participle of substernō.
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Noun edit
substratum (plural substrata)
- A layer that lies underneath another.
- Synonym: underlayer
- (figuratively) The underlying cause or basis of something.
- (linguistics) A substrate.
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a layer that lies underneath another
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French edit
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Noun edit
substratum m (plural substratums)
Further reading edit
- “substratum”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.