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-trix
- a suffix occurring in loanwords from Latin, where it formed feminine nouns or adjectives corresponding to agent nouns ending in -tor ( Bellatrix ). On this model, -trix is used in English to form feminine nouns ( aviatrix; executrix ) and geometrical terms denoting straight lines ( directrix ).
-trix
suffix forming nouns
- indicating a feminine agent, corresponding to nouns ending in -tor
executrix
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Gender Note
A suffix borrowed directly from Latin, -trix has been used since the 15th century on feminine agent nouns that correspond to a masculine (in Latin) or generic (in English) agent noun ending in -tor: aviator, aviatrix; legislator, legislatrix; orator, oratrix. Most nouns in -trix have dropped from general use, so that terms like aviatrix, benefactrix, legislatrix, oratrix, and proprietrix occur rarely or not at all in present-day English. The forms in -tor are applied to both men and women: Her sister is the proprietor of a new restaurant. When relevant, gender is specified with the generic term: Amelia Earhart was a pioneer woman aviator. Legal documents still use administratrix, executrix, inheritrix, and the like, but these forms too are giving way to the -tor forms. -enne, -ess, -ette.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of -trix1
From Latin -³Ù°ùÄ«³æ, stem -³Ù°ùÄ«³¦-
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of -trix1
from Latin
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