Where does “Generalstaatsanwalt” come from?
Generalstaatsanwalt (German) comes from German Staatsanwalt, from German Staat, from Middle Low German stāt, from Middle Dutch staet, from Old French estat, from Latin stātus, from Latin stō, from Proto-Italic staēō.
Generalstaatsanwalt (German): prosecutor general, attorney general
Definitions
- prosecutor general, attorney general
Ancestry of “Generalstaatsanwalt”, step by step
Generalstaatsanwalt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Staatsanwalt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Staatsanwalt | public prosecutor UK, district attorney US |
| 2 | German | Staat | country; state; state; authorities; state |
| 3 | Middle Low German | stāt | — |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | staet | inflection of stâen: ## third-person singular... |
| 5 | Old French | estat | state; government; condition |
| 6 | Latin | stātus | fixed, set, having been set |
| 7 | Latin | stō | to stand |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | staēō | stand |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sth₂éh₁yeti | to stand |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | *steh₂- | — |
via German general
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | general | general |
| 2 | French | général | general; general, usual |
| 3 | Old French | general | general |
| 4 | Latin | generalis | general, generic |
| 5 | Latin | genus | birth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | genos | lineage, origin |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁os | race, lineage |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |