Where does “پروتستانی” come from?
پروتستانی (Persian) comes from Persian پروتستان, from French protestant, from French protester, from Latin prōtestor, from Latin testor, from Latin testis, from Latin terstis, from Latin trīstis — to stand.
پروتستانی (Persian): Protestant
Definitions
- Protestant
Ancestry of “پروتستانی”, step by step
پروتستانی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Persian پروتستان
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Persian | پروتستان | Protestant |
| 2 | French | protestant | Protestant; present participle of protester |
| 3 | French | protester | to protest; to object |
| 4 | Latin | prōtestor | to testify, bear witness, attest |
| 5 | Latin | testor | I am witness, testify, attest; I make a will |
| 6 | Latin | testis | witness; one who testifies or attests; testicle |
| 7 | Latin | terstis | — |
| 8 | Latin | trīstis | sad, unhappy, melancholy, morose |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | tristh₂s | a third party standing, after the two parties to... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | steh₂- | to stand |