Where does “nūtrīcium” come from?

nūtrīcium (Latin) comes from Latin nūtrīcius, 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.

nūtrīcium (Latin): nursing, nourishment

Definitions

  1. nursing, nourishment

Ancestry of “nūtrīcium”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnūtrīciusthat suckles or nurses
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 “nūtrīcium”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European snew-tr-ih₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic snoutrjō →