Where does “tentateur” come from?
tentateur (French) comes from Latin testator, from Latin testārī, from Italian testare, from English Test, from German testen, from German Test, from English test, from Middle English teste — to stand.
tentateur (French): tempter
Definitions
- tempter
Ancestry of “tentateur”, step by step
tentateur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin testator
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | testator | testator; witness; second-person singular future... |
| 2 | Latin | testārī | — |
| 3 | Italian | testare | To be testate; To test; to sample |
| 4 | English | Test | a Test match |
| 5 | German | testen | to test |
| 6 | German | Test | test; melting pot |
| 7 | English | test | A challenge, trial; A cupel or cupelling hearth... |
| 8 | Middle English | teste | — |
| 9 | Old French | teste | head |
| 10 | Latin | testis | witness; one who testifies or attests; testicle |
| 11 | Latin | terstis | — |
| 12 | Latin | trīstis | sad, unhappy, melancholy, morose |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | tristh₂s | a third party standing, after the two parties to... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | steh₂- | to stand |
via French tenter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | tenter | to tempt; to try, risk |
| 2 | Middle French | tenter | — |
| 3 | Old French | tempter | to tempt; to act as a temptation |
| 4 | Latin | temptō | to test the strength; to make an attack upon |
| 5 | Latin | tendō | to stretch, stretch out, distend, extend |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | τένων | tendon, sinew |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ten- | to stretch, to extend |