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单词 ancestrix
释义

ancestrix

English

Etymology

ancest(or) (forebear) + -rix (suffix forming feminine agent nouns)

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ănʹsĭs-trĭks, IPA(key): /ˈæn.sɪs.tɹɪks/

Noun

ancestrix (plural ancestrices or ancestrixes)[1]

  1. A female forebear or ancestor; a predecessoress.[1]

References

  1. “Ancestor” defined identically by:
      Ancestors: Webster’s Quotations, Facts and Phrases (2008, ICON Group International, Inc.) on page 371, and by:
      Correctives: Webster’s Quotations, Facts and Phrases (2008, ICON Group International, Inc.) on page 205
    , as:
        Ancestor. An ancestor is a parent or (recursively) the parent of an ancestor. […T]he correct female form of the word is “ancestrix”, pl: “ancestrixes” or “ancestrices”.
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