testatrix

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin testātrīx. By surface analysis, testator +‎ -trix.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛsˈteɪtɹɪks/

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• Rhymes: -eɪtɹɪks

Noun

testatrix (plural testatrices or testatrixes)

1. (law) A female testator.

Related terms

• testament
• testator
• testify
• testimonial
• testimony

References

• “testatrix”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “testatrix”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “testatrix, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *tri-

Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *trito-sth₂-o-s

Proto-Italic *tristos

Latin *terstis

Latin testis

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -o

Latin testor, testātum

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂

Proto-Indo-European *-trih₂

Proto-Italic *-trīks

Latin -trīx f

Latin testātrīx

From testor, testātum (“to be witness, testify, attest; to make a will”, verb) + -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [tɛsˈtaː.triːks]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [tesˈtaː.triks]

Noun

testātrīx f (genitive testātrīcis, masculine testātor); third declension

1. a female testator; testatrix

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	testātrīx	testātrīcēs
genitive	testātrīcis	testātrīcum
dative	testātrīcī	testātrīcibus
accusative	testātrīcem	testātrīcēs
ablative	testātrīce	testātrīcibus
vocative	testātrīx	testātrīcēs

References

• “testatrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “testatrix”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.