Where does “nadif tazza” come from?

nadif tazza (Maltese) comes from Maltese tazza, from Italian tazza, from Medieval Latin tassa, from Arabic طَاس, from Persian تست, from English Test, from German testen, from German Test — to stand.

nadif tazza (Maltese): very clean

Definitions

  1. very clean

Ancestry of “nadif tazza”, step by step

nadif tazza traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Maltese tazza

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Maltesetazzaglass, cup
2Italiantazzacup, mug; toilet bowl
3Medieval Latintassa
4Arabicطَاسbowl, basin; bowl, cup
5Persianتستtest
6EnglishTesta Test match
7Germantestento test
8GermanTesttest; melting pot
9EnglishtestA challenge, trial; A cupel or cupelling hearth...
10Middle Englishteste
11Old Frenchtestehead
12Latintestiswitness; one who testifies or attests; testicle
13Latinterstis
14Latintrīstissad, unhappy, melancholy, morose
15Proto-Indo-Europeantristh₂sa third party standing, after the two parties to...
16Proto-Indo-Europeansteh₂-to stand

via Maltese nadif

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Maltesenadifclean
2Arabicنَظِيفclean
Every word from Proto-Indo-European steh₂-Every word from Proto-Indo-European tristh₂sEvery word from Latin trīstis