Where does “emancipatress” come from?
emancipatress (English) comes from English emancipator, from Latin emancipator, from Latin ēmancipō, from Latin mancipo, from Latin manceps, from Latin -ceps, from Old Latin -cipes, from Proto-Italic -kaputis — to seize, hold.
emancipatress (English): A female emancipator
Definitions
- A female emancipator
Ancestry of “emancipatress”, step by step
emancipatress traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English emancipator
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | emancipator | A person who emancipates |
| 2 | Latin | emancipator | second-person singular future passive imperative... |
| 3 | Latin | ēmancipō | to emancipate |
| 4 | Latin | mancipo | I transfer or sell |
| 5 | Latin | manceps | purchaser, renter; contractor, agent; surety,... |
| 6 | Latin | -ceps | -headed; -fold; -catcher |
| 7 | Old Latin | -cipes | "third declension"; Alternative form of -ceps;... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -kaputis | -headed |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |