English
stimulatrix
Stimulatrix comes from Latin stimulātrīx ‘she that incites, instigates or stimulates,…’, and goes back to stimulus ‘goad’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstimulus‘goad’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEstimulō‘to urge on, goad on, stimulate’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEstimulātrīx‘she that incites, instigates or stimulates, instigator’
- Englishearliest quotation 1803stimulatrix
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstimulus‘goad’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEstimulō‘to urge on, goad on, stimulate’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEstimulātrīx‘she that incites, instigates or stimulates, instigator’
- Englishearliest quotation 1803stimulatrix
Earliest quotation: 1803, Tiberius Cavallo, Evolution: “I think it but reasonable to attribute them [tides]…”
Equivalent to stimulator + -trix
Latin stimulus ‘a goad, prick’
Latin stimulō ‘to urge on, goad on, stimulate, rouse up’
Latin stimulātor ‘instigator’
English stimulator
Every English word from Latin stimulus
Today it means
noun A female who stimulates.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin stimulus / stimulatrix