Where does “Staatsanwaltschaft” come from?
Staatsanwaltschaft (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.
Staatsanwaltschaft (German): public prosecutor's office
Definitions
- public prosecutor's office
Ancestry of “Staatsanwaltschaft”, step by step
| 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- | — |