testament and testicle

[Charles Jannuzi]

>He made a big deal out of the fact that
> "testament" and
> "testicle" had common roots, though now I can't
> remember just what
> was so important about it.
>
> Doug

His linguistics (not Doug's) are as bad as his social theories. They are not
common roots but rather just a coincidence of homographs, testis meaning
witness and testis the latin plural for testiculus.  However, folk
etymologies like this often do appeal to nut cases to help them 'prove'
something.

Charles Jannuzi