English
administratrix
Administratrix comes from New Latin administrātrīx.
- New Latinc. 1500–1900administrātrīx
- Englishearliest quotation 1790administratrix
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- New Latinc. 1500–1900administrātrīx
- Englishearliest quotation 1790administratrix
Earliest quotation: 1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France: “The Princess Sophia was named in the act of…”
Equivalent to administrator + -trix
Latin administrātor ‘manager, conductor, administrator’
English administrator
Every English word from New Latin administrātrīx
Today it means
noun A female administrator.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / New Latin administrātrīx / administratrix