Where does “testif” come from?

testif (Middle English) comes from Old French testu, from Old French -u, from Latin -utus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

testif (Middle English): testy; headstrong; obstinate

Definitions

  1. testy; headstrong; obstinate

Ancestry of “testif”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchtestu
2Old French-usuffixed used to form adjectives from nouns
3Latin-utus
4Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Italic-tus
6Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “testif

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus