English
bellatrice
Bellatrice comes from Latin bellatrix ‘a warrior woman, female warrior’, from bellō ‘to wage or carry out war’, and ultimately from Old Latin duellum.
- Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEduellum
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEbellum‘war’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEbellō‘to wage or carry out war’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEbellatrix‘a warrior woman, female warrior’
- Englishtodaybellatrice
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEduellum
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEbellum‘war’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEbellō‘to wage or carry out war’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEbellatrix‘a warrior woman, female warrior’
- Englishtodaybellatrice
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂- ‘to fit’
down, town, tool, teen, dynamic, dynasty, tow, dun, dynamo, tine, dynastic, taw, 90 more
through Proto-Italic *dwenos ‘good’
bona, beaucoup, beauteous, benefice, 33 more
through Archaic Latin duenos
ben, bonus, optimal, beneficial, bonnie, optimism, boon, beneficiary, bonny, bene, bonbon, 33 more
through Old Latin *duenelos
beautiful, beauty, boo, beau, beal, bello, bauble, 15 more
through Old Latin duellum
through Latin bellum ‘war’
rebellion, rebellious, belligerent, rebelling, 8 more
through Latin bellō ‘to wage or carry out war’
Today it means
noun A female warrior.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old Latin duellum / bellatrice