testum

Latin

Etymology

From testa (“piece of burned clay”).

Noun

testum n (genitive testī); second declension

earthenware pot, vessel

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	testum	testa
Genitive	testī	testōrum
Dative	testō	testīs
Accusative	testum	testa
Ablative	testō	testīs
Vocative	testum	testa

Descendants

Eastern Romance:
- Aromanian: tsestu
- Romanian: țest
Old French: test
- French: test
- French: têt
- → Middle English: test
  - English: test (see there for further descendants)
  - Scots: test
- → Middle High German: test
  - German: Test
Old Leonese: [Term?]
- Asturian: tiestu
Old Portuguese: [Term?]
- Galician: testo
- Portuguese: testo
Old Spanish: [Term?]
- Spanish: tiesto

References

testum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
testum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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