Where does “Novum Testamentum” come from?
Novum Testamentum (Latin) comes from Latin testāmentum, from Latin testārī, from Italian testare, from English Test, from German testen, from German Test, from English test, from Middle English teste — to stand.
Novum Testamentum (Latin): the New Testament
Definitions
- the New Testament
Ancestry of “Novum Testamentum”, step by step
Novum Testamentum traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin testāmentum
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | testāmentum | will, testament |
| 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 |