English
emulatrix
Emulatrix comes from Latin aemulātrīx ‘female emulator’, from aemulor ‘to endeavour to equal or excel someone’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eym- ‘to imitate’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂eym-‘to imitate’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*aimos‘imitation’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaemulus‘rival, emulator’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaemulor‘to endeavour to equal or excel someone’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaemulātrīx‘female emulator’
- Englishearliest quotation 1807emulatrix
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂eym-‘to imitate’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*aimos‘imitation’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaemulus‘rival, emulator’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaemulor‘to endeavour to equal or excel someone’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaemulātrīx‘female emulator’
- Englishearliest quotation 1807emulatrix
Earliest quotation: 1807, Mary Hays, Female biography: Volume 2: “Damophila, the wife of Damophilus the philosopher, was the…”
Formed from emulator + -trix
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂eym- ‘to imitate’
image, imagine, imagination, imaginary, imitation, imitate, imago, imitator, 7 more
Today it means
noun A female who emulates.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂eym- / emulatrix