Middle English, from Anglo-French supplanter, from Latin supplantare to trip up, cause to stumble, from sub- + planta sole of the foot
verb
to supersede (another) especially by force or treachery
uproot
to eradicate and supply a substitute for
replacedisplacesupplantsupersede mean to put out of a usual or proper place or into the place of another. replace implies a filling of a place once occupied by something lost, destroyed, or no longer usable or adequate. displace implies an ousting or dislodging.