Where does “Tatbestand” come from?

Tatbestand (German) comes from German bestand, from German be-, from German be.

Tatbestand (German): element also collective as

Definitions

  1. element also collective as

Ancestry of “Tatbestand”, step by step

Tatbestand traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German bestand

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanbestandfirst/third-person singular preterite of bestehen
2Germanbe-Inseparable verbal prefix that signifies working...
3Germanbe—

via German tāt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germantātdeed
2Middle High Germantāt—

Words derived from “Tatbestand”

Every word from German be →