Where does “Intensivtäter” come from?

Intensivtäter (German) comes from German intensiv, from French intensif, from Medieval Latin intensivus, from Latin intendere, from Latin intendo, from Latin in-, from Latin in, from Old Latin en — in.

Intensivtäter (German): repeat offender

Definitions

  1. repeat offender

Ancestry of “Intensivtäter”, step by step

Intensivtäter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German intensiv

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanintensivintense; acute; intensive
2Frenchintensifintensive
3Medieval Latinintensivusintensive
4Latinintenderethird-person plural perfect active indicative of...
5LatinintendoI stretch out; I strain; I turn my attention to,...
6Latinin-un-, non-, not; in, within, inside
7Latininin, at, on, upon, from; within, while in; into,...
8Old Latinenin
9Proto-Italicenin
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via German Täter

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanTäterdoer; "evildoer"; delinquent, offender
2GermanMissetätermalefactor
3Germanmissetātiniquity, misdeed evil, sinful, dishonorable deed
4Middle High Germanmissetāt
5Old High Germanmistāt
6Proto-Germanicmissadēdizmisdeed, wrongful act
7Proto-Germanicdēdizdeed, act; doing, able to do, active
8Proto-Indo-Europeandʰéh₁tisact of putting, placement
9Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

Words derived from “Intensivtäter

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Proto-Italic enEvery word from Latin in-