test
witness; to bear witness
Latin · testis; testari
Latin testis 'witness' and testari 'to bear witness'. Test words are about proof by witnessing: testify gives evidence, attest confirms as a witness, protest 'bears witness' forward against something.
Memory trick
A witness takes the TESTimony stand: test- words always bear witness to something.
Words from this root
- test (test) — a check; to examineपरीक्षण, जाँच
- tester (test + er) — one who testsपरीक्षक
- testify (test + ify) — to give evidenceगवाही देना
- testimony (test + imony) — evidence given by a witnessगवाही
- testimonial (testimon + ial) — written praise or referenceप्रशंसा-पत्र
- attest (at + test) — to confirm as a witnessप्रमाणित करना
- attestation (attest + ation) — a statement confirming truthप्रमाणन, सत्यापन
- protest (pro + test) — to speak out againstविरोध करना, प्रदर्शन करना
- protester (protest + er) — one who protestsप्रदर्शनकारी
- detest (de + test) — to dislike very muchघृणा करना
- testament (test + ament) — a will; proof of somethingवसीयत, प्रमाण
- testator (test + ator) — one who makes a willवसीयत करने वाला