Where does “abintestate” come from?
abintestate (English) comes from English intestate, from Latin intestātus, from Latin testātus, from Latin testor, from Latin testis, from Latin terstis, from Latin trīstis, from Proto-Indo-European tristh₂s — to stand.
abintestate (English): inheriting the estate of someone who died without...
Definitions
- inheriting the estate of someone who died without...
Ancestry of “abintestate”, step by step
abintestate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English intestate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | intestate | Without a valid will indicating whom to leave... |
| 2 | Latin | intestātus | intestate (with no will) |
| 3 | Latin | testātus | having been a witness to, having testified |
| 4 | Latin | testor | I am witness, testify, attest; I make a will |
| 5 | Latin | testis | witness; one who testifies or attests; testicle |
| 6 | Latin | terstis | — |
| 7 | Latin | trīstis | sad, unhappy, melancholy, morose |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | tristh₂s | a third party standing, after the two parties to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | steh₂- | to stand |
via English AB
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | AB | Able seaman; able-bodied seaman; Afterburner; Aid... |
| 2 | English | abscess | A cavity caused by tissue destruction, usually... |
| 3 | Latin | abscessus | departed; withdrawn; retreated |
| 4 | Latin | abs | away from; from; away |
| 5 | Proto-Albanian | aps | — |
| 6 | Latin | Apis | A seaport town of Egypt situated at the borders with Marmarica |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | Ἄπις | — |
| 8 | Coptic | ϩⲁⲡⲉ | the Apis bull, a bull worshipped as a herald of the gods (first Ptah, then Osiris, then Atum) |
| 9 | Egyptian | ḥp | the god Apis |