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Where does “nursery” come from?

nursery (Italian) 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.

nursery (Italian): nursery

Definitions

  1. nursery

Ancestry of “nursery”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnurseryA place where nursing or the raising of children...
2Middle Englishnoricerie—
3Old Frenchnorricerie—
4Old Frenchnorricea wet nurse
5Latinnūtrīcia—
6Latinnūtrīcius—
7Latinnūtrīx—
8Latinnūtriō—
9Proto-Italicsnoutrjō—
10Proto-Indo-Europeansnew-tr-ih₂female nurser
11Proto-Indo-European(s)neh₂-to swim; to float
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