Etymology

testimony

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Today it means: Statements made by a witness in court. Full definition →

Middle English testimonie ← Old French testimonie ← Latin testimōnium
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromtestimōnium“testimony”
  2. Old French · derived fromtestimonie
  3. Middle English · inherited fromtestimonie
  4. English todaytestimony

PIE word *tréyes Inherited from Middle English testimonie, from Old French testimonie, from Latin testimōnium (“testimony”).

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