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Where does “test” come from?

test (Old French) comes from Latin testum, from Latin Testa, from Latin testa — a piece of burned clay, brick, tile; a piece of...

test (Old French): clay; a pot, usually made out of clay

Definitions

  1. clay; a pot, usually made out of clay

Ancestry of “test”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintestumearthenware pot, vessel
2LatinTesta—
3Latintestaa piece of burned clay, brick, tile; a piece of...

Words derived from “test”

  • test
  • testing
  • pretest
  • testable
  • posttest
  • retest
  • subtest
  • testbed
  • testability
  • testbench
  • untestable
  • backtesting
  • backtest
  • posttesting
  • testee
  • nontest
  • playtest
  • testpiece
  • biotest
  • testingly
  • intertest
  • untestability
  • multitest
  • undertest
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