Where does “Verbotsirrtum” come from?

Verbotsirrtum (German) comes from German Irrtum, from Middle High German irretuom, from Old High German irrituom.

Verbotsirrtum (German): mistake of law

Definitions

  1. mistake of law

Ancestry of “Verbotsirrtum”, step by step

Verbotsirrtum traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Irrtum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanIrrtumerror; mistake
2Middle High Germanirretuom
3Old High Germanirrituom

via German verbot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanverbotfirst/third-person singular preterite of...
Every word from Old High German irrituom