English
machinatrix
Machinatrix comes from Latin māchinātrīx.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmāchinātrīx
- Englishtodaymachinatrix
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmāchinātrīx
- Englishtodaymachinatrix
Equivalent to machinate + -trix
Doric Greek μᾱχᾰνᾱ́ ‘machine, tool’
Latin māchina ‘device, engine’
Latin machinor ‘to invent, devise’
Latin machinātus ‘having devised’
English machinate
Every English word from Latin māchinātrīx
Today it means
noun A woman who machinates; a schemer, plotter.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin māchinātrīx / machinatrix