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Not really both come from the Latin word testis meaning a witness. It literally means a third person standing beside . i.e. an impartial observer

the male gonands most likely got the name because they are a witness to virility or manhood. or because they side beside each other.

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BLOB_CASTLE · 4344 days ago · link ·

I think it's interesting how in older times such common phrases/words came from the personification of such things as a penis.