ancestrix

English

Etymology

ancest(or) (“forebear”) + -rix (suffix forming feminine agent nouns)

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) enPR: ănʹsĭs-trĭks, IPA^(key): /ˈæn.sɪs.tɹɪks/

Noun

ancestrix (plural ancestrices or ancestrixes)[1]

A female forebear or ancestor; a predecessoress.[1]

References

“Ancestor” defined identically by:
Ancestors: Webster’s Quotations, Facts and Phrases (2008, ICON Group International, Inc.) on page 371, and by:
Correctives: Webster’s Quotations, Facts and Phrases (2008, ICON Group International, Inc.) on page 205, as:
Ancestor. An ancestor is a parent or (recursively) the parent of an ancestor. […T]he correct female form of the word is “ancestrix”, pl: “ancestrixes” or “ancestrices”.

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