Where does “testator” come from?
testator (Romanian) comes from French testateur, from Latin testator, from Latin testārī, from Italian testare, from English Test, from German testen, from German Test, from English test — to stand.
testator (Romanian): testator
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Ancestry of “testator”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | testateur | testator |
| 2 | Latin | testator | testator; witness; second-person singular future... |
| 3 | Latin | testārī | — |
| 4 | Italian | testare | To be testate; To test; to sample |
| 5 | English | Test | a Test match |
| 6 | German | testen | to test |
| 7 | German | Test | test; melting pot |
| 8 | English | test | A challenge, trial; A cupel or cupelling hearth... |
| 9 | Middle English | teste | — |
| 10 | Old French | teste | head |
| 11 | Latin | testis | witness; one who testifies or attests; testicle |
| 12 | Latin | terstis | — |
| 13 | Latin | trīstis | sad, unhappy, melancholy, morose |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | tristh₂s | a third party standing, after the two parties to... |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | steh₂- | to stand |