Where does “protestocu” come from?
protestocu (Turkish) comes from Turkish protesto, from Ottoman Turkish پروتستو, from Italian protesto, from Latin prōtestārī, from Latin testor, from Latin testis, from Latin terstis, from Latin trīstis — to stand.
protestocu (Turkish): protester
Definitions
- protester
Ancestry of “protestocu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkish | protesto | protest |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | پروتستو | protest |
| 3 | Italian | protesto | protest; first-person singular present of... |
| 4 | Latin | prōtestārī | — |
| 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 |