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Where does “protest” come from?

protest (Dutch) comes from Middle French protest, from Old French protest, from Latin prōtestō.

protest (Dutch): protest

Definitions

  1. protest

Ancestry of “protest”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchprotest—
2Old Frenchprotest—
3Latinprōtestō—

Words derived from “protest”

  • proteststem
Every word from Latin prōtestō →