substruction
American
[suhb-struhk-shuhn]
/ sʌbˈstrʌk ʃən /
noun
Other Word Forms
- substructional adjective
Etymology
Origin of substruction
1615–25; < Latin substructiōn- (stem of substructiō ) foundation, equivalent to substruct ( us ), past participle of substruere to lay a foundation ( sub- sub- + struc-, variant stem of struere to arrange, put in order + -tus past participle suffix) + -iōn- -ion
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