substract

verb

sub·​stract

səbzˈtrakt,

-bˈst-

-ed/-ing/-s

: subtract

so far from adding to, it will substract from, the quantity of labor necessary

—Jeremy Bentham

Word History

Etymology

Late Latin substractus, past participle of substrahere to draw from beneath, withdraw, alteration (influenced by Latin subs-, variant of sub-) of Latin subtrahere

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