English
genitrix
Genitrix comes from Latin genetrīx ‘mother’, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tōr ‘parent’, and ultimately from *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵenh₁-‘to produce’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵénh₁tōr‘parent’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵénh₁trih₂‘mother’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgenetrīxas genitrīx‘mother’
- Englishtodaygenitrix
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵenh₁-‘to produce’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵénh₁tōr‘parent’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵénh₁trih₂‘mother’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgenetrīxas genitrīx‘mother’
- Englishtodaygenitrix
Equivalent to genitor + -trix
Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce’
Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tōr ‘one who begets, produces’
Latin genitor ‘parent, father, sire, begetter, procreator’
Old French genitor
Middle English genitour
English genitor
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce’
kind, king, general, nature, nation, german, native, engine, pregnant, generation, gender, genuine, genetic, ken, gene, indigenous, oxygen, gentle, naive, genre, genius, kin, hydrogen, noel, genocide, innate, natal, genus, nee, nada, naïve, nativity, janata, germ, nascent, ingenious, puny, gentile, cognate, jaunty, 115 more
Today it means
noun The biological mother of a child.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- / genitrix