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==Etymology==
− It is Middle English, [[bor|la|testamentum|t=a last will]], from testārī, to make a will, bear witness, from testis, witness,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) generally taken to be from *tri-st-i-, a third person standing by, from the root of [[three]], meaning a disinterested witness.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) In Christian Latin testamentum also translated Greek [[m|grc|διαθήκη|tr=diathḗkē|t=covenant; will]].^(MWU 2024)^(NODE 1998)^(Etymonline)
+ It is Middle English, [[bor|la|testamentum|t=a last will]], from [[m|la|testārī]], to make a will, bear witness, from testis, witness,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) generally taken to be from *tri-st-i-, a third person standing by, from the root of [[three]], meaning a disinterested witness.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) In Christian [[la|testamentum]] also translated Greek [[m|grc|διαθήκη|tr=diathḗkē|t=covenant; will]].^(MWU 2024)^(NODE 1998)^(Etymonline)
==Earliest recorded meaning==