Etymograph

English

fautress

Fautress comes from Latin fautrix ‘patroness, protectress’, from faveō ‘to be favorable’, and perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- ‘to be, become’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰuH-1‘to be, become’uncertain
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfaveō2‘to be favorable’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfautrix3‘patroness, protectress’
  4. Englishtodayfautress3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin faveo, which cites Kroonen
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Latin fautrix
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English fautress

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰuH-Wiktionary, Latin faveo, which cites Kroonen‘to be, become’uncertain
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfaveōWiktionary, Latin fautrix‘to be favorable’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfautrixWiktionary, English fautress‘patroness, protectress’
  4. EnglishtodayfautressWiktionary, English fautress

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- ‘to be, become’

be, been, power, possible, build, physical, future, present, improve, bond, bush, bound, presence, absence, essential, physician, entity, booth, approve, contribution, probability, absent, favorable, fiat, bun, distribute, contributor, bouquet, imp, attribution, impotent, bower, retribution, impossibility, rebuke, aren, beamer, bosque, phylogeny, physic, 83 more

through Latin faveō ‘to be favorable’

favourite, favor, favourable, 5 more

Today it means

noun A patroness.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “fautress”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin faveo, Latin fautrix. 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.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- / fautress

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