Etymograph

English

progenitrix

Progenitrix comes from Latin prōgenitrīx.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEprōgenitrīx1
  2. Englishtodayprogenitrix1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English progenitrix

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEprōgenitrīxWiktionary, English progenitrix
  2. EnglishtodayprogenitrixWiktionary, English progenitrix

Equivalent to progenitor + -trix

Latin prōgenitor ‘ancestor, progenitor’

Anglo-Norman progenitour

Middle English progenitour

English progenitor

Every English word from Latin prōgenitrīx

Today it means

noun A female progenitor, a foremother, any of a person's direct female ancestors (ancestresses).

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “progenitrix”. 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 / Latin prōgenitrīx / progenitrix

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