Etymograph

English

remex

Remex comes from Latin rēmex ‘rower’, from rēmigō ‘to row’, and ultimately from Proto-Italic *rē(z)mos.

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*rē(z)mos1reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErēmus2‘oar’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErēmigō2‘to row’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErēmex3‘rower’
  5. Englishtodayremex3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin remus
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Latin remex
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English remex

Lineage

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*rē(z)mosWiktionary, Latin remusreconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErēmusWiktionary, Latin remex‘oar’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErēmigōWiktionary, Latin remex‘to row’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErēmexWiktionary, English remex‘rower’
  5. EnglishtodayremexWiktionary, English remex

Every English word from Proto-Italic *rē(z)mos

Today it means

noun A quill.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “remex”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin remus, Latin remex. 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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