Where does “adjutrix” come from?
adjutrix (English) comes from Latin adiutrix, from Latin adiuvō, from Latin ad-, from Proto-Italic *ad-.
adjutrix (English): A female adjutor
Ancestry of “adjutrix”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | adiutrix | — |
| 2 | Latin | adiuvō | — |
| 3 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *ad- | — |