Where does “-rix” come from?

-rix (English) comes 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...

-rix (English): Appended to words, chiefly verbs, to form female...

Definitions

  1. Appended to words, chiefly verbs, to form female...

Ancestry of “-rix”, step by step

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

Words derived from “-rix”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ih₂ →Every word from Latin -trix →