Learned borrowing from Latin testis .
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Lewis’s Elementary Latin Dictionary
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testis is, m and f one who attests, a witness: vosque, dii, testes facio, L.: deūm, quos testes foederum invocabant consules, L.: si negem . . . quo me teste convincas?: in hanc rem te testem citabo: his testibus in summ
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testis is, m a testicle, H., Ph.
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Learned borrowing from Latin testis ( “ testicle ” ) .
For * terstis , from Proto-Italic * tristos , from Proto-Indo-European * tristh₂s ("a third party standing", after the two parties to a contract or dispute), from * tréyes ( “ three ” ) and * steh₂- ( “ to stand ” ) . Compare Oscan trstus ( “ witnesses ” , nominative plural ) .
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Learned borrowing from Latin testis .
Learned borrowing from Latin testis .
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