| 词汇 | testicles |
| 词源 | testicles. Testicles is from the Latin testiculi meaning “little witnesses.” Apparently, in this case the witnesses testify to their owner’s masculinity. From this come our words testify, testimo- ny, and testicles, all deriving from the Latin. All such test words—including protest, protestant, and attest—have this tes- ticle connection. Some time ago Ms. magazine published a let- ter stating: “I protest the use of the word ‘testimony’ when re- ferring to a woman’s statements, because its root is ‘testes’ which has nothing to do with being a female. Why not use ‘ovarimony’?” |
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