Rix Definition
suffix
(dated) A suffix appended to words, chiefly verbs, to form female agent nouns.
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verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To reign.
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Origin of Rix
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From Middle English rixen, from Old English rīxian, rīcsian (“to exercise or have power, rule, bear rule, govern, reign, domineer, dominate, tyrannize, exercise violence, prevail”), from Proto-Germanic *rīkisōną (“to rule”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“chief, king”). Cognate with Middle High German richsen (“to reign”), Lithuanian rikis (“knight”). More at riche.
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From numerous Latinate feminine agent nouns, re-inforced by Latin -trīx.
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