Where does “éthylotest” come from?

éthylotest (French) comes from French test, from English Test, from German testen, from German Test, from English test, from Middle English teste, from Old French teste, from Latin testis — to stand.

éthylotest (French): alcohol test; blood alcohol test test to measure the level of blood alcohol

Definitions

  1. alcohol test; blood alcohol test test to measure the level of blood alcohol

Ancestry of “éthylotest”, step by step

éthylotest traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French test

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtesttest, a cupel or cupelling hearth in which...
2EnglishTesta Test match
3Germantestento test
4GermanTesttest; melting pot
5EnglishtestA challenge, trial; A cupel or cupelling hearth...
6Middle Englishteste
7Old Frenchtestehead
8Latintestiswitness; one who testifies or attests; testicle
9Latinterstis
10Latintrīstissad, unhappy, melancholy, morose
11Proto-Indo-Europeantristh₂sa third party standing, after the two parties to...
12Proto-Indo-Europeansteh₂-to stand

via French éthylol

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchéthylol
Every word from Proto-Indo-European steh₂-Every word from Proto-Indo-European tristh₂sEvery word from Latin trīstis
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