Where does “Testamentsvollstrecker” come from?

Testamentsvollstrecker (German) comes from German Testament, from Latin testāmentum, from Latin testārī, from Italian testare, from English Test, from German testen, from German Test, from English test — to stand.

Testamentsvollstrecker (German): executor

Definitions

  1. executor

Ancestry of “Testamentsvollstrecker”, step by step

Testamentsvollstrecker traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Testament

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanTestamentwill, testament; testament
2Latintestāmentumwill, testament
3Latintestārī
4ItaliantestareTo be testate; To test; to sample
5EnglishTesta Test match
6Germantestento test
7GermanTesttest; melting pot
8EnglishtestA challenge, trial; A cupel or cupelling hearth...
9Middle Englishteste
10Old Frenchtestehead
11Latintestiswitness; one who testifies or attests; testicle
12Latinterstis
13Latintrīstissad, unhappy, melancholy, morose
14Proto-Indo-Europeantristh₂sa third party standing, after the two parties to...
15Proto-Indo-Europeansteh₂-to stand

via German Vollstrecker

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanVollstreckerexecutor
2German-erForms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to...
3Old High German-āriused to form agent nouns
4Proto-West Germanic-ārī-er
5Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
6Latin-āriuser
7Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

Words derived from “Testamentsvollstrecker

Every word from Proto-Indo-European steh₂-
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