English
formatrix
Formatrix comes from Late Latin fōrmātrīx ‘female equivalent of fōrmātor’.
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEfōrmātrīx‘female equivalent of fōrmātor’
- Englishearliest quotation 1665formatrix
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEfōrmātrīx‘female equivalent of fōrmātor’
- Englishearliest quotation 1665formatrix
Earliest quotation: 1665, Robert Hooke, London: […] Jo[hn] Martyn: “By which laſt Obſervables, we ſee that there may…”
Equivalent to form + -ate + -trix
Every English word from Late Latin fōrmātrīx
Today it means
noun A formative faculty.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Late Latin fōrmātrīx / formatrix