Etymograph

English

rinatrix

Rinatrix comes from Late Latin rinatrix.

  1. Late Latinc. 200–600 CErinatrix1
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1567rinatrix1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English rinatrix
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1567, John Maplet: “Rinatrix is a Serpent which with enuenoming poysoneth ye…”.

Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Late Latinc. 200–600 CErinatrixWiktionary, English rinatrix
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1567rinatrixWiktionary, English rinatrix. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1567, John Maplet: “Rinatrix is a Serpent which with enuenoming poysoneth ye…”

Every English word from Late Latin rinatrix

Today it means

noun A type of water snake formerly thought to poison water.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “rinatrix”. 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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