substance
Old French
noun
Definitions
- most essential; substantial part
- existence
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin substantia (substance, essence).
Origin
Latin
substantia
Gloss
substance, essence
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- exosubstance English
- mucosubstance English
- multisubstance English
- nanosubstance English
- nonsubstance English
- polysubstance English
- substance English
- substance-wise English
- substancehood English
- substanceless English
- substanceness English
- substantification English
- substantify English
- substantia Latin
- substantialis Latin
- transubstantio Latin
- szubsztancia Hungarian
- substantie Dutch, Flemish
- substance French
- sustancia Spanish, Castilian
- substans Norwegian Bokmål
- substans Norwegian Nynorsk
- substans Danish
- substància Catalan, Valencian
- substancia Galician
- substaint Old Irish
- substaintech Old Irish
- sustancia Asturian
- sostuanza Dalmatian