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test

/ˈtest/TEST
/ˈtɛst/TEST

Meaningan earthen pot

Common meaning: a trial

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√TARS‘be dry, to thirst’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 139, p. 735 · scan
  2. Latintestum‘an earthen pot’source
  3. Old Frenchtestsource
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsan earthen pot → a trialtest‘a trial’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin testum ‘an earthen pot’.

Roots

  • testum Latin “an earthen pot”

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