English
fautrix
Fautrix comes from Latin fautrīx ‘patroness, protectress’, and goes back to faveō ‘to be favorable’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfaveō‘to be favorable’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfautrīx‘patroness, protectress’
- Englishtodayfautrix
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfaveō‘to be favorable’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfautrīx‘patroness, protectress’
- Englishtodayfautrix
Equivalent to fautor + -trix
Latin faveo ‘to be favorable, to be well disposed or…’
Latin fautor ‘promoter, supporter’
English fautor
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- ‘to be, become’
be, been, power, possible, present, future, build, physical, improve, presence, essential, bond, bush, bound, absence, physician, entity, booth, approve, probability, absent, contribution, favorable, fiat, bun, bouquet, distribute, contributor, imp, rebuke, impotent, impossibility, bower, retribution, attribution, aren, beamer, bosque, phylogeny, physic, 84 more
through Latin faveō ‘to be favorable’
Today it means
noun A patroness.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin faveō / fautrix