Words that come from Latin “testis”

340 words across 37 languages descend from Latin testis — including testimony, protest, Protestant, contest, Protestants, testify, Protestantism, testament.

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English (104)

Latin (57)

Italian (30)

French (28)

Portuguese (16)

Spanish (12)

Finnish (11)

Dutch (9)

Old French (8)

Middle French (7)

Norwegian Bokmål (6)

Hungarian (5)

Catalan (4)

Norwegian Nynorsk (4)

Serbo-Croatian (4)

Turkish (3)

German (3)

Danish (2)

Irish (2)

Ido (2)

Polish (2)

Swahili (2)

Persian (2)

Norman (2)

Middle English (2)

Old Spanish (2)

Middle Dutch (1)

Swedish (1)

Marshallese (1)

Maltese (1)

Esperanto (1)

Romanian (1)

Old Portuguese (1)

Cebuano (1)

Late Latin (1)

Old Norse (1)

Vulgar Latin (1)