## Meanings
1. Proof or clear evidence that something is true or that someone has a quality.
2. A legal document that says how a person's property should be shared out after they die.
3. One of the two main parts of the Christian Bible, the Old Testament or the New Testament.

## Examples
- Her quick recovery is a testament to the skill of the doctors.
- In his will and testament he left the house to his daughter.
- The story of Noah's ark comes from the Old Testament.

## Derived Forms
- testamentary

## Related Forms
- intestate
- testate
- testator
- testify
- testimonial
- testimony

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: testament
- Root: testāmentum

## Etymology
From Middle English testament, from Old French testament, from Latin testāmentum (“the publication of a will, a will, testament, in Late Latin one of the divisions of the Bible”), from testor (“to be a witness, testify, attest, make a will”), from testis (“one who attests, a witness”).

## AI Etymology
Testament is from Middle English testament, from Old French testament, from Latin testāmentum (“the publication of a will, a will, testament, in Late Latin one of the divisions of the Bible”), from testor (“to be a witness, testify, attest, make a will”), from testis (“one who attests, a witness”). In present-day use, it can mean proof or clear evidence that something is true or that someone has a quality, or a legal document that says how a person's property should be shared out after they die. Derived formations include testamentary.

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- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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