-trix

Etymology
From numerous Latinate feminine agent nouns.

Usage notes

 * For masculine agent nouns ending in -tor, the feminine equivalent ending in -trix is the etymologically consistent form. However, -trix is relatively dated and not particularly productive in modern English, where either gender-neutral terms or other suffixes (notably ) are generally preferred, as in rather than dated.
 * The term is popular and, by analogy with it, -trix has gained some other use in erotic contexts, e.g., in.

Synonyms
Other feminine affixes:

Derived terms

 * Most of these derived terms were borrowed directly from Latin, rather than formed in English.

Etymology
From, from. Cognate with the Sanskrit suffix as in ; compare.

The origin of the medial is unknown. Compare 🇨🇬 with the same element, and also with secondary thematicization.

Suffix

 * 1) -ess, ;

Usage notes
The suffix -trīx is added to a verb to create a third-declension feminine form of an agent noun.
 * Examples:
 * ; feminine counterpart of, from
 * ; feminine counterpart of, from
 * , from