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The P is a stepping stone — borrowed at rung 4 to keep posts a real word, then given back at the summit. There may be several par routes — the census above shows which ones climbers actually took.
Past tense of hole: to hit a ball into a hole, as in golf.
Hole comes from Old English 'hol,' meaning a hollow or cavity, related to the adjective 'hollow.' It has relatives across the Germanic languages. The verb use, especially in golf, developed much later from the noun.
Full entry on Wiktionary ↗An exam or trial to check knowledge or quality.
From Old French 'test', meaning a pot used to assay metals, itself from Latin 'testum', an earthen vessel. The idea of checking or proving quality carried over into the modern sense of any examination or trial.
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