Where does “senatress” come from?

senatress (English) comes from English Senator, from Latin senātor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

senatress (English): A female senator

Definitions

  1. A female senator

Ancestry of “senatress”, step by step

senatress traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Senator

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishSenatorThe title for someone who is elected to be a...
2Latinsenātorsenator
3Latin-tor-er
4Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
6Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

via English ess

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishessThe name of the Latin-script letter S; Something...
2Germanessfirst-person singular present of essen; singular...
3Proto-Germanicatiska-grainfield
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂edos-sort of cereal, grain
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Latin senātor →