Flashcards: Latin Derivatives

substantive 

 

(adj.) 1) of considerable amount or substance; 2) real; actual; (n.) a noun or any word or words functioning as a noun

 

Her report was praised as substantive and insightful.

 

Latin root word: sub (prep. w/ acc. and abl.) - (w/ acc.) up under, up to; (w/ abl.) under; sto, stare, steti, status - to stand

 

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