English
substitutional
From substitution + -al.
A compound of substitution + -al
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
adj Of or pertaining to substitution or to a substitute
Sources
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Etymograph / substitutional