Where does “bestand” come from?

bestand (German) comes from German stand — first/third-person singular preterite of stehen.

bestand (German): first/third-person singular preterite of bestehen

Definitions

  1. first/third-person singular preterite of bestehen

Ancestry of “bestand”, step by step

bestand traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German stand

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanstandfirst/third-person singular preterite of stehen

via Middle High German bestant

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanbestant

Words derived from “bestand

Every word from German stand