Where does “testo” come from?

testo (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese testo, from Latin testum, from Latin Testa, from Latin testa — a piece of burned clay, brick, tile; a piece of...

testo (Galician): skull; lid; flowerpot

Definitions

  1. skull; lid; flowerpot

Ancestry of “testo”, step by step

testo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Portuguese testo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesetesto—
2Latintestumearthenware pot, vessel
3LatinTestaa piece of burned clay, brick, tile
4Latintestaa piece of burned clay, brick, tile; a piece of...

via Vulgar Latin tensitus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latintensitus—
2LatintēnsusStretched, stretched out, extended, distended

Words derived from “testo”

Every word from Latin testa →Every word from Latin Testa →Every word from Latin testum →