Word origin
[1375–1425; ‹ NL ‹ Gk
rhêxis a breaking, cleft, deriv. of
rhēgnýnai to break, break loose; r. late ME
rixis (attested once) ‹‹ Gk, as above
]This word is first recorded in the period 1375–1425. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: dimension, guard, period, screw, trick