Where does “creatrix” come from?
creatrix (English) comes from Latin creatrix, from Latin creō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.
creatrix (English): A female creator
Definitions
- A female creator
Ancestry of “creatrix”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | creatrix | A female who brings forth or produces; a mother;... |
| 2 | Latin | creō | to create, to give existence to, to form, to make, to produce, to originate out of other materials or out of nihility (transitively) |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |