Where does “nurst” come from?
nurst (English) comes from English nurse, from Middle English norice, from Old French norrice, from Latin nūtrīcia, from Latin nūtrīcius, from Latin nūtrīx, from Latin nūtriō, from Proto-Italic snoutrjō — to swim; to float.
nurst (English): simple past tense and past participle of nurse
Definitions
- simple past tense and past participle of nurse
Ancestry of “nurst”, step by step
nurst traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English nurse
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | nurse | A wet nurse; A person who takes care of other... |
| 2 | Middle English | norice | A woman employed to take care of one's children... |
| 3 | Old French | norrice | a wet nurse |
| 4 | Latin | nūtrīcia | nurse |
| 5 | Latin | nūtrīcius | that suckles or nurses |
| 6 | Latin | nūtrīx | a child's nurse; wet nurse; milk mother |
| 7 | Latin | nūtriō | to suckle, breastfeed, nurse |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | snoutrjō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | snew-tr-ih₂ | female nurser |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)neh₂- | to swim; to float |
via English T
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | T | The ordinal number twentieth, derived from this... |