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Where does “tersus” come from?

tersus (Latin) comes from Latin tergo, from Proto-Indo-European terh₁- — to rub, turn; to drill, pierce.

tersus (Latin): clean, neat, rubbed or wiped , cleansed, having...

Definitions

  1. clean, neat, rubbed or wiped , cleansed, having...

Ancestry of “tersus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatintergoAlternative form of tergeō; ablative singular of...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanterh₁-to rub, turn; to drill, pierce

Words derived from “tersus”

  • test
  • testing
  • terse
  • pretest
  • testable
  • posttest
  • tersely
  • retest
  • subtest
  • testily
  • testy
  • terseness
  • testbed
  • testability
  • testbench
  • untestable
  • backtesting
  • testiness
  • backtest
  • posttesting
  • testee
  • nontest
  • teston
  • playtest
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