Where does “-rices” come from?
-rices (English) comes from English -rix, from Latin -trix, from Proto-Indo-European -trih₂, from Proto-Indo-European -ih₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
-rices (English): plural of -rix
Ancestry of “-rices”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | -rix | Appended to words, chiefly verbs, to form female... |
| 2 | Latin | -trix | -ess, -rix |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | -trih₂ | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -ih₂ | Feminizes athematic nominal stems |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |
Words derived from “-rices”