testa
Latin
noun
Definitions
- a piece of burned clay, brick, tile
- (transferred sense) a piece of baked earthenware
- a sort of clapping with the flat of the hands (as if with two tiles), in token of applause, invented by Nero
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *tₔtḱ-t-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*tₔtḱ-t-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- endotesta English
- exotesta English
- sarcotesta English
- test English
- testa English
- attexo Latin
- contexo Latin
- praetexo Latin
- tela Latin
- testaceus Latin
- testatim Latin
- testeus Latin
- testum Latin
- textilis Latin
- textor Latin
- textrix Latin
- texō Latin
- intestare Italian
- lavatesta Italian
- poggiatesta Italian
- testa Italian
- testata Italian
- test French
- testa Spanish, Castilian
- *tₔtḱ-t- Proto-Indo-European
- testa Portuguese
- test Middle English
- طاس Arabic
- طَاس Arabic
- طَاس Arabic
- طَاس Arabic
- طَشْت Arabic
- test Old French
- teste Old French
- teksi Esperanto
- testa Galician
- țeastă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- طشت Persian
- տաշտ Old Armenian
- teet Norman
- tête Norman
- teste Middle French
- testa Old Portuguese
- 頁 Chinese
- 頭 Chinese
- tsas Aromanian
- Teste Alemannic German
- tèsta Occitan
- testa Romansh
- tiesta Asturian
- teste Friulian
- testa Old Occitan
- *d-bu-s Proto-Sino-Tibetan
- testa Sicilian
- tšt' Middle Persian
- tésta Ligurian
- *taš- Proto-Iranian
- tiesse Walloon
- tiesta Istriot
- tiesta Leonese