Where does “nursy” come from?
nursy (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.
nursy (English): Alternative spelling of nursie
Definitions
- Alternative spelling of nursie
Ancestry of “nursy”, step by step
nursy 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 Y
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Y | A figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y; A... |
| 2 | English | yuri | A narrative or visual work featuring a romance or... |
| 3 | Japanese | 百合 | lily |
| 4 | Japanese | 連用形 | an inflectional category: the continuative or... |
| 5 | Japanese | 見る | to see, to watch, to observe, to look at... |
| 6 | Japanese | 夢 | a dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state... |
| 7 | Old Japanese | 夢 | a dream |
| 8 | Japanese | 目 | an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger... |
| 9 | Middle Chinese | 目 | — |