Etymograph

English

rixation

Rixation comes from Latin rixor ‘to quarrel’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₁riḱ-s-eh₂.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁riḱ-s-eh₂1reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErixa2‘quarrel, brawl, dispute, contest, strife, contention’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErixor3as rīxārī‘to quarrel’
  4. Englishtodayrixation3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin rixa
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Latin rixor
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English rixation

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁riḱ-s-eh₂Wiktionary, Latin rixareconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErixaWiktionary, Latin rixor‘quarrel, brawl, dispute, contest, strife, contention’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErixorWiktionary, English rixationas rīxārī‘to quarrel’
  4. EnglishtodayrixationWiktionary, English rixation

Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *h₁riḱ-s-eh₂

Today it means

noun Scolding; brawling.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “rixation”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin rixa, Latin rixor. 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 *h₁riḱ-s-eh₂ / rixation

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