Where does “nurseryfish” come from?
nurseryfish (English) comes from English nursery, from Middle English noricerie, from Old French norricerie, from Old French norrice, from Latin nūtrīcia, from Latin nūtrīcius, from Latin nūtrīx, from Latin nūtriō — to swim; to float.
nurseryfish (English): Any of the family Kurtidae of fish that carry...
Definitions
- Any of the family Kurtidae of fish that carry...
Ancestry of “nurseryfish”, step by step
nurseryfish traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English nursery
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | nursery | A place where nursing or the raising of children... |
| 2 | Middle English | noricerie | A nursery place where children are cared for |
| 3 | Old French | norricerie | — |
| 4 | Old French | norrice | a wet nurse |
| 5 | Latin | nūtrīcia | nurse |
| 6 | Latin | nūtrīcius | that suckles or nurses |
| 7 | Latin | nūtrīx | a child's nurse; wet nurse; milk mother |
| 8 | Latin | nūtriō | to suckle, breastfeed, nurse |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | snoutrjō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | snew-tr-ih₂ | female nurser |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)neh₂- | to swim; to float |
via English Fish
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Fish | The constellation and zodiacal sign Pisces |
| 2 | Old English | fiscian | to fish |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | fiskōn | to fish, to catch fish |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | fiskōną | to fish, to catch fish |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ōną | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |