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Where does “nutricans” come from?

nutricans (Latin) comes from Latin nūtrīcō, from Latin nūtrīx, from Latin nūtriō, from Proto-Italic snoutrjō, from Proto-Indo-European snew-tr-ih₂, from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₂- — to swim; to float.

nutricans (Latin): suckling, nourishing; sustaining, supporting

Definitions

  1. suckling, nourishing; sustaining, supporting

Ancestry of “nutricans”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnūtrīcō—
2Latinnūtrīx—
3Latinnūtriō—
4Proto-Italicsnoutrjō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeansnew-tr-ih₂female nurser
6Proto-Indo-European(s)neh₂-to swim; to float
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