Where does “nurse” come from?
nurse (English) comes from Middle English norice, from Old French norrice, from Latin nūtrīcia, from Latin nūtrīcius, from Latin nūtrīx, from Latin nūtriō, from Proto-Italic snoutrjō, from Proto-Indo-European snew-tr-ih₂ — to swim; to float.
nurse (English): A wet nurse; A person who takes care of other...
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- A wet nurse; A person who takes care of other...
Ancestry of “nurse”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | norice | A woman employed to take care of one's children... |
| 2 | Old French | norrice | a wet nurse |
| 3 | Latin | nūtrīcia | nurse |
| 4 | Latin | nūtrīcius | that suckles or nurses |
| 5 | Latin | nūtrīx | a child's nurse; wet nurse; milk mother |
| 6 | Latin | nūtriō | to suckle, breastfeed, nurse |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | snoutrjō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | snew-tr-ih₂ | female nurser |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)neh₂- | to swim; to float |