Predecessoress vs Ancestrix - What's the difference?
predecessoress | ancestrix |
??Ancestors: Webster’s Quotations, Facts and Phrases'' (2008,v=onepage&q=%22ancestrices%22&f=false on page 371], and by:
??''Correctives: Webster’s Quotations, Facts and Phrases (2008, [http://www.icongrouponline.com/ ICON Group International, Inc.]) [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=-ZPM7O8zmb4C&pg=PA205&dq=%22ancestrices%22&ei=MqOGSuSgHZCCyQSblaWsDg#v=onepage&q=%22ancestrices%22&f=false on page 205], as:
????Ancestor. An ancestor is a parent or (recursively) the parent of an ancestor. […The correct female form of the word is “ancestrix”, pl: “ancestrixes” or “ancestrices”.
A female forebear or ancestor; a predecessoress.
As nouns the difference between predecessoress and ancestrix
is that predecessoress is (rare) a female predecessor while ancestrix is a female forebear or ancestor; a predecessoress.ancestrix
English
Noun
(en-noun)“Ancestor” defined identically by:??Ancestors: Webster’s Quotations, Facts and Phrases'' (2008,
ICON Group International, Inc.]) [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=0BnZQV647wsC&pg=PA371&dq=%22ancestrices%22&ei=MqOGSuSgHZCCyQSblaWsDg
??''Correctives: Webster’s Quotations, Facts and Phrases (2008, [http://www.icongrouponline.com/ ICON Group International, Inc.]) [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=-ZPM7O8zmb4C&pg=PA205&dq=%22ancestrices%22&ei=MqOGSuSgHZCCyQSblaWsDg#v=onepage&q=%22ancestrices%22&f=false on page 205], as:
????Ancestor. An ancestor is a parent or (recursively) the parent of an ancestor. […The correct female form of the word is “ancestrix”, pl: “ancestrixes” or “ancestrices”.