Etymograph

English

electrix

Electrix comes from Latin ēlēctrīx ‘chooser, selector’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- ‘to gather’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*leǵ-1‘to gather’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*léǵeti1reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*legō1reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElegō2‘to choose, select’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEēligō3‘to choose, pick out’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEēlēctrīx4‘chooser, selector’
  7. Englishtodayelectrix4

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin lego
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Latin eligo
  3. 3 Wiktionary, Latin electrix
  4. 4 Wiktionary, English electrix

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*leǵ-Wiktionary, Latin lego‘to gather’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*léǵetiWiktionary, Latin legoreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*legōWiktionary, Latin legoreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElegōWiktionary, Latin eligo‘to choose, select’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEēligōWiktionary, Latin electrix‘to choose, pick out’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEēlēctrīxWiktionary, English electrix‘chooser, selector’
  7. EnglishtodayelectrixWiktionary, English electrix

Equivalent to elector + -trix

Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- ‘to gather’

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Latin legō ‘to choose, select’

Latin ēligō ‘to elect’

Late Latin ēlēctor ‘chooser, selector’

Middle English electour ‘one with a right to vote in electing some…’

English elector

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- ‘to gather’

technology, logic, apology, catalogue, collect, sociology, analogy, terminology, physiology, pathology, logos, trilogy, monologue, prologue, astrology, pathologist, epilogue, archaeologist, logistic, leach, eulogy, cosmology, etymology, lexicon, epistemology, entomology, lexical, homologous, gynecologist, etiology, lignite, lignin, apologia, alexia, lexis, dialectical, dialectic, syllogism, bacteriology, bacteriologist, 151 more

through Proto-Italic *legō

intelligence, intelligent, intellectual, legionnaire, legionella, legionary, 18 more

through Latin legō ‘to choose, select’

college, collection, lesson, legend, legacy, selection, collective, colleague, coil, legion, select, negligence, delegation, lecture, elegant, collector, delegate, negligent, collegiate, negligible, diligent, ineligible, cull, legible, legation, legate, collegium, lectern, lector, 23 more

through Latin ēligō ‘to choose, pick out’

elite, eligible, ineligibility, 8 more

Today it means

noun The wife of a German elector, often used as a title.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “electrix”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin lego, Latin eligo, Latin electrix. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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