- intestate
[intestate 词源字典]
- intestate: see testament
[intestate etymology, intestate origin, 英语词源] - intestate (adj.)
- late 14c., from Old French intestat (13c.) and directly from Latin intestatus "having made no will," from in- "not" (see in- (1)) + testatus, past participle of testari "make a will, bear witness" (see testament). As a noun, "one who has not made out a will," from 1650s.