Etymograph

English

victrix

Victrix comes from Latin victrīx ‘victoress, conqueress, conqueror (female)’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *weyk- ‘to overcome’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weyk-1‘to overcome’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*winékti ~ *winkénti1reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*winkō1‘to conquer, overcome’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvincō2‘to conquer’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvictrīx3‘victoress, conqueress, conqueror (female)’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1853victrix3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin vinco
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Latin victrix
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English victrix
  4. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1853, Charlotte Brontë: “In his victrix he required all that was here…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weyk-Wiktionary, Latin vinco‘to overcome’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*winékti ~ *winkéntiWiktionary, Latin vincoreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*winkōWiktionary, Latin vinco‘to conquer, overcome’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvincōWiktionary, Latin victrix‘to conquer’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvictrīxWiktionary, English victrix‘victoress, conqueress, conqueror (female)’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1853victrixWiktionary, English victrix. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1853, Charlotte Brontë: “In his victrix he required all that was here…”

Equivalent to victor + -trix

Proto-Indo-European *weyk- ‘to sift, separate’

Anglo-Norman victor

Middle English victour

English victor

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *weyk- ‘to overcome’

province, weakness, witch, victim, icon, wicked, wo, victor, wight, weakly, vicar, wile, ancona, waw, 31 more

through Latin vincō ‘to conquer’

victory, convince, conviction, invincible, convict, victorious, eviction, vanquish, evict, 8 more

Today it means

noun victor (female); victress.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “victrix”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin vinco, Latin victrix. 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 *weyk- / victrix

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