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