† genitricen.

Etymology: < (i) Anglo-Norman genitriz, Middle French genitrice (French (now rare) génitrice ) title given to the Virgin Mary (beginning of the 12th cent. in Old French as genetris ; also genitris ), mother (end of the 14th cent.), or its etymon (ii) classical Latin genetric-, genetrīx genetrix n. (in post-classical Latin also as a title given to the Virgin Mary (5th cent.)). Compare Spanish †genetriz , †genitriçe (1490 in general sense ‘mother’, a1520 as a title of the Virgin Mary), Italian genitrice , †genetrice (13th cent. as a title of the Virgin Mary, 1321 in general sense ‘mother’). Compare later genetrix n., genitress n.