English

testpiece

From test + piece.

A compound of test + piece

Latin testum ‘earthen vessel, earthen pot’

Old French test ‘an earthen vessel’

Middle English test

English test

Late Latin pettia ‘fragment’

Old French piece

Middle English pece ‘piece’

English piece

Today it means

noun A piece of material used as a sample in mechanical testing.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / testpiece