Where does “fornicatrix” come from?

fornicatrix (English) comes from Latin fornicatrix, from Latin fornicor, from Latin fornix, from Latin furnus, from Proto-Italic fornos, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰr̥-nós, from Indo-European *gʷʰer-.

fornicatrix (English): A female fornicator

Definitions

  1. A female fornicator

Ancestry of “fornicatrix”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfornicatrixfornicator (female), whore
2LatinfornicorI fornicate, commit fornication
3Latinfornixarch, vault; brothel
4Latinfurnusoven; bakery
5Proto-Italicfornos—
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰr̥-nós—
7Indo-European*gʷʰer-—
Every word from Indo-European *gʷʰer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰr̥-nós →Every word from Proto-Italic fornos →