Where does “interrogatrix” come from?
interrogatrix (English) comes from English interrogator, from Latin interrogator, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
interrogatrix (English): A female interrogator
Definitions
- A female interrogator
Ancestry of “interrogatrix”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | interrogator | One who interrogates; a person who asks... |
| 2 | Latin | interrogator | An interrogator; A wizard |
| 3 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |