English
tutrix
Tutrix comes from Latin tūtrīx ‘a female guardian’, and goes back to tueor ‘to look or gaze at’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtueor‘to look or gaze at’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtūtrīx‘a female guardian’
- Englishtodaytutrix
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtueor‘to look or gaze at’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtūtrīx‘a female guardian’
- Englishtodaytutrix
Linked words
through Proto-Italic *tawe-
through Latin tueor ‘to look or gaze at’
Today it means
noun A female tutor (teacher).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin tueor / tutrix