substraction

== English == === 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. === Noun === substraction (countable and uncountable, plural substractions) (obsolete or non-native speakers' English) Subtraction. === Anagrams === obscurantist, subtractions