Where does “nursingly” come from?
nursingly (English) comes from English nursing, from English nurse, from Middle English norice, from Old French norrice, from Latin nūtrīcia, from Latin nūtrīcius, from Latin nūtrīx, from Latin nūtriō — to swim; to float.
nursingly (English): With tender care; cherishingly
Definitions
- With tender care; cherishingly
Ancestry of “nursingly”, step by step
nursingly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English nursing
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | nursing | In the state of suckling young, lactating;... |
| 2 | English | nurse | A wet nurse; A person who takes care of other... |
| 3 | Middle English | norice | A woman employed to take care of one's children... |
| 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 |