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Where does “protest” come from?
protest (Middle French) comes from Old French protest, from Latin prōtestō.
Ancestry of “protest”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Old French
protest
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2
Latin
prōtestō
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Words derived from “protest”
protest
proteststem
Every word from Latin prōtestō →
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