Where does “nutricatio” come from?

nutricatio (Latin) comes from Latin nūtrīcāre, 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.

Ancestry of “nutricatio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnūtrīcāre
2Latinnūtrīxa child's nurse; wet nurse; milk mother
3Latinnūtriōto suckle, breastfeed, nurse
4Proto-Italicsnoutrjō
5Proto-Indo-Europeansnew-tr-ih₂female nurser
6Proto-Indo-European(s)neh₂-to swim; to float

Words derived from “nutricatio

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₂-Every word from Proto-Indo-European snew-tr-ih₂Every word from Proto-Italic snoutrjō