Etymograph

English

prosecutrix

Prosecutrix comes from Latin prōsecūtrīx.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEprōsecūtrīx1
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1831prosecutrix1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English prosecutrix
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1831, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley: “A man, in the desperation of a refusal (common…”.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEprōsecūtrīxWiktionary, English prosecutrix
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1831prosecutrixWiktionary, English prosecutrix. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1831, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley: “A man, in the desperation of a refusal (common…”

Equivalent to prosecutor + -trix

Medieval Latin

English prosecutor

Every English word from Latin prōsecūtrīx

Today it means

noun A female prosecutor

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “prosecutrix”. 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 prōsecūtrīx / prosecutrix

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