creditrix

Pronunciation

• IPA (Classical): [ˈkreː.dɪ.triːks]^[1]
• IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈkrɛː.di.triks]^[1]

Forms

crēditrīx f (genitive crēditrīcis, masculine crēditor); third declension^[1]

Etymology

It is from Latin crēdō (“to lend, entrust”) + -trīx, the feminine of crēditor.^[2][3][1] De Vaan traces ⟨crēdō⟩ to Proto-Italic *krezde/o-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱred-dʰeh₁- (“to place the heart, believe”).^[4]

Earliest recorded meaning

Its earliest source is the jurist Ulpian, in the Digest.^[5][6] Köbler dates Ulpian before 223 AD.^[6]

Semantic evolution

It meant a female creditor, a term of the jurists.^[2][3] It survives in Italian creditrice.^[1]

Timeline

• before 223 AD – Ulpian uses it.^[5][6]

Meanings

Noun

1. A female creditor.^[2]

Related words

• crēditor
• crēdō

References

1. ^ a b c d e Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
3. ^ a b Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
4. ^ de Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages, Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 7, Leiden; Boston: Brill
5. ^ a b Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.
6. ^ a b c Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de