English

adjutrix

Adjutrix comes from Latin adiūtrīx ‘assistant, helper, accomplice (female)’, and goes back to adiuvō.

Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEadiuvō‘to help, assist’
Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadiūtrīx‘assistant, helper, accomplice (female)’
Englishtodayadjutrix

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEadiuvō‘to help, assist’
Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadiūtrīx‘assistant, helper, accomplice (female)’
Englishtodayadjutrix

Equivalent to adjutor + -trix

Latin adiuvō ‘help, assist’

Latin adiūtor ‘helper, assistant’

English adjutor

Linked words

through Latin adiuvō ‘to help, assist’

aid, jury, aide, coadjutor, 9 more

Today it means

noun A female adjutor.

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

Etymograph / Latin adiuvō / adjutrix

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