Etymograph

English

glossatrix

Glossatrix comes from Latin glossātrīx.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEglossātrīx
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1988glossatrix

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEglossātrīx
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1988glossatrix

Earliest quotation: 1988, Susan Noakes, Timely Reading: Between Exegesis and Interpretation: “Next, this voice, which might be termed the “glossatrix,”…”

Formed from glossator + -trix

Medieval Latin glōsātor

Middle English glosatour

English glossator

Every English word from Latin glossātrīx

Today it means

noun A specifically female glossator.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin glossātrīx / glossatrix

Shirt and support for this word