Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

substraction

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sub-strac-tion
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The plasterer doth make his figures by addition, and the carver by substraction."
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Etymology

From Middle French substraction (compare modern French soustraction), from Old French substraction, from Medieval Latin substractio, derived from Late Latin substractus. Ultimately from Latin subtraho (“to pull out from under; to remove, to subtract”). The use by non-native speakers arises by analogy with words such as French soustraction and Spanish sustracción.

Origin

Source language: Middle French

Word Breakdown

Root: substraction

Usage

Inflected Forms

substractions (plural)

Questions

What does substraction mean?: Subtraction.
Where does substraction come from?: It is traced to Middle French.

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