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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

Definitions

  1. plural of -rix

Ancestry of “-rices”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-rixAppended to words, chiefly verbs, to form female...
2Latin-trix-ess, -rix
3Proto-Indo-European-trih₂Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
4Proto-Indo-European-ih₂Feminizes athematic nominal stems
5Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “-rices”

  • emancipatrices
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