English
fornicatrix
Fornicatrix comes from Latin fornicātrīx ‘fornicator (female), whore’, and goes back to fornix ‘vault, brothel’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfornix‘vault, brothel’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfornicor‘to fornicate’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfornicātrīx‘fornicator (female), whore’
- Englishearliest quotation 1926fornicatrix
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfornix‘vault, brothel’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfornicor‘to fornicate’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfornicātrīx‘fornicator (female), whore’
- Englishearliest quotation 1926fornicatrix
Earliest quotation: 1926, Ford Madox Ford, A Man Could Stand Up— (Parade's End): “She would be a what was it…a fornicatress?…trix! Fornicatrix…”
Every English word from Latin fornix
Today it means
noun A female fornicator.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin fornix / fornicatrix