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Where does “nutritura” come from?

nutritura (Late Latin) comes from Latin nutrire, from Latin nutrio, from Proto-Italic snoutrjō, from Proto-Indo-European snew-tr-ih₂, from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₂- — to swim; to float.

nutritura (Late Latin): nourishment; nominative feminine singular of...

Definitions

  1. nourishment; nominative feminine singular of...

Ancestry of “nutritura”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnutrirepresent active infinitive of nūtriō;...
2LatinnutrioI suckle, breastfeed, nurse
3Proto-Italicsnoutrjō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeansnew-tr-ih₂female nurser
5Proto-Indo-European(s)neh₂-to swim; to float

Words derived from “nutritura”

  • nurture
  • nurturance
  • nurturer
  • nurturant
  • nurtural
  • nurtureth
  • nurturist
  • nurturest
  • nurturally
  • misnurture
  • nurturement
  • nourriture
  • norturen
  • norture
  • noriture
  • norriture
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