Etymology

electrix

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Today it means: The wife of a German elector, often used as a title. Full definition →

First used 17th c.Latin ēlēctrīx
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The story

  1. Latin · learned borrowing fromēlēctrīx
  2. English todayelectrix

Learned borrowing from Latin ēlēctrīx. By surface analysis, elector + -trix.

First known use, by meaning

  • from 17th c. The wife of a German elector, often used as a title.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.