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testate en · ADJ · etymology 1
Etymology
From Latin testātus (“testified”), perfect passive participle of testor (“to be witness, testify, attest; to make a will”), from testis (“witness”).
Meanings
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(not-comparable) having left a legally valid last will and testament (of one who has died).
Deriveds
testacy
Translations (3)
gv çhymnagh (having left a legally valid last will and testament) · mi whaiwira (having left a legally valid last will and testament) · ga tiomnach (having left a legally valid last will and testament)
testate en · NOUN · etymology 1
Etymology
From Latin testātus (“testified”), perfect passive participle of testor (“to be witness, testify, attest; to make a will”), from testis (“witness”).
Meanings
-
one who has left a valid will and testament
Forms
Translations (1)
ga tiomnach (one who has left a valid will and testament)
testate en · ADJ · etymology 2
Etymology
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English test
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos
Proto-Italic *-ātos
Latin -ātuslbor.
English -ate
English testate
From test + -ate.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Having a test (external calciferous shell or endoskeleton)
High frequency of species with acrostomy, eg species of the genera Euglypha, Assulina and Nebela, supports the conclusion that humidity is a major structuring force for testate amoebae at TH III.
2010, Valentyna Krashevska, Mark Maraun, Stefan Scheu, “Micro-and macroscale changes in density and diversity of testate amoebae of tropical montane rain forests of Southern Ecuador”, in Acta Protozoologica, volume 49, number 1:
Synonyms
testaceous · testacean