English
instructrix
Instructrix comes from Latin īnstrūctrīx.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEīnstrūctrīx
- Englishtodayinstructrix
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEīnstrūctrīx
- Englishtodayinstructrix
Equivalent to instruct + -trix
Proto-Indo-European *strew- ‘to spread, strew’
…
Proto-Italic *strowō ‘to pile up’
Latin struō ‘pile up, arrange’
Latin īnstruō ‘I instruct’
Latin īnstrūctus ‘arranged’
English instruct
Every English word from Latin īnstrūctrīx
Today it means
noun A female instructor.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin īnstrūctrīx / instructrix