tête
Norman
/teit/, /tɛːt/
noun
Definitions
- (Jersey) head
Etymology
Inherited from Old French teste (an earthen vessel, especially a pot in which metals were tried, the head of the king being impressed upon the coin, head) inherited from Latin testa (pot, brick, jug, tile, pitcher, earthen pot, urn, an earthen pot, sherd, shellfish).
Origin
Latin
testa
Gloss
pot, brick, jug, tile, pitcher, earthen pot, urn, an earthen pot, sherd, shellfish
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
鍋
Emoji
🍯 🍲 🫕 🫖
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- test English
- testa English
- testa Latin
- testaceus Latin
- testatim Latin
- testeus Latin
- testa Italian
- *tₔtḱ-t- Proto-Indo-European
- test Old French
- teste Old French
- țeastă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- teet Norman
- têtard Norman
- têter Norman
- teste Middle French
- testa Old Portuguese
- testa Romansh
- tiesta Asturian
- teste Friulian
- testa Old Occitan
- testa Sicilian
- tésta Ligurian
- tiesse Walloon
- tiesta Istriot
- tiesta Leonese